US-Cameroon Intenational Workshop: Collaborative Research and Education on E-medicine at University of Buea, Cameroon, Dec. 3-4, 2009

南方大学的维克托Mbarika博士建议在喀麦隆布埃亚举办一个国际研讨会，其目的是建立一个跨学科的合作国际计划，1）促进信息技术和医学的综合研究，2）为未来的毕业生提供电子医学方面的认证和实践经验，以便在相关的卫生和信息技术专业工作。智力优势：该项目为PI的系统延续奠定了基础？美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国宇航局（NASA）资助了电子医学（撒哈拉以南非洲）和多媒体教学技术的研究。利用这些资金来源，PI和他的团队已经在撒哈拉以南非洲的发展中国家和路易斯安那州的农村实施和评估了电子医疗技术。此外，他们还得到资助，开发多媒体教学技术，将真实的世界信息技术问题带到课堂。该项目的完成取决于相互依赖的学科，以及美国和爱沙尼亚大学和医疗机构的合作。为期两天的讲习班将侧重于两个可衡量的目标：㈠汇集一批从事学生学习和研究的国际合作者，并利用我们互动的动力来发展所有参与者和参与机构的人的能力; ㈡在期刊和会议出版物方面为积极的研究合作制定具体的实际步骤，更广泛的影响：喀麦隆与撒哈拉以南非洲的所有发展中国家一样，表现出相对的资源贫困和特征性的不确定性。该国亟需负担得起和可获得的保健服务。然而，主要的挑战是缺乏训练有素的医疗保健专业人员，以及新毕业生大量流向较富裕国家。拟在讲习班上讨论的项目将为参与机构的电子医疗出版物和认证以及更广泛地传播现有资助赠款奠定基础。此外，还将讨论合作出版一本电子医学多媒体案例教科书的问题。该项目代表了美国和喀麦隆科学家之间的合作。美国团队将由PI维克托姆巴里卡博士领导。Mbarika博士撰写了三本书，他关于发展中国家信息和通信技术传播以及多媒体学习的研究发表在许多同行评审的期刊和书籍章节中。喀麦隆小组将由Enoh Tanjong博士（喀麦隆布埃亚大学）和Samuel Kingue博士（喀麦隆雅温得大学）领导。Kingue博士是雅温得参考医院心脏科主任。他发表了许多科学论文，书籍章节，以及国家和国际会议摘要。

Dr. Victor Mbarika of Southern University proposes to conduct an International Workshop in Buea, Cameroon, whose purpose is to establish an interdisciplinary collaborative international program that: 1) promotes integrated research in information technology and medicine, and 2) prepares future graduates with certifications and practical experience in e-medicine for jobs in related health and information technology professions. Intellectual Merit: This project lays the foundation for a systematic continuation of the PI?s prior NSF and NASA funded research in e-medicine (for sub-Saharan Africa) and multimedia instructional technologies. Using these funding sources, the PI and his team have implemented and assessed e-medicine technologies in developing nations in sub-Saharan Africa, and rural Louisiana. Further, they have been funded to develop multimedia instructional technologies to bring real world information technology issues to the classroom. The project completion depends on disciplines relying on one another, and the collaboration of US and Cameroonian universities and medical institutions. The two-day workshop will focus on two measurable objectives: (i) To bring together a suite of international collaborators who are engaged in student learning and research, and to use the dynamic of our interaction to develop the human capacity of all participants and that of participating institutions; (ii) To establish specific practical steps towards active research collaborations, in terms of journal and conference publications, collaborations between students and faculty from participating institutions.Broader Impacts: Cameroon demonstrates the relative resource poverty, and characteristic uncertainties as with all developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The need for affordable and accessible health care services in the country is critical. However, the primary challenge is lack of well-trained medical health professionals, and exodus of new graduates to richer countries. The projects to be discussed at the proposed workshop will lay the foundation for a several publications and certifications in e-medicine for participating institutions as well as broader dissemination of existing funded grants. There will also be discussion of collaboration to publish a textbook with multimedia cases on e-medicine.This project represents a collaboration between scientists in the US and Cameroon. The US team will be lead by the PI, Dr. Victor Mbarika. Dr. Mbarika has authored three books and his research on ICT diffusion in developing countries and on multimedia learning has appeared in numerous peer reviewed journals and book chapters. The Cameroon team will be lead by Dr. Enoh Tanjong (University of Buea, Cameroon) and Dr. Samuel Kingue (University of Yaoundé, Cameroon). Dr. Kingue is the head of the Cardiology Unit at the Yaoundé Reference Hospital. He has published numerous scientific papers, book chapters, and national and international conference abstracts.