UMASS TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS CONNECTIONS PROJECT

马萨诸塞州大学医学院（UMMS）是由一项法案创建的。 1962年的州议会。目的是建立一个国家， 医学院，将提供负担得起的医学教育，以居民在 初级保健培训。学校执行其教育使命， 与该州众多的医疗保健机构有联系。这些 包括马萨诸塞州纪念医疗保健系统和它？附属家庭健康 中心.此外，还有一些志愿医师学院， 教授学生的私人办公室这个名为麻省大学教学的项目 健康中心连接项目将提供高速互联网接入， 健康信息资源，包括图书馆资源和电子邮件 支持医学院校外的教育使命 教学场地。 该补助金提出的活动有五个具体目标：1）提供高 为六个保健中心提供高速互联网接入， 图书馆和课程材料; 2）提供电子邮件， 包括与家庭和社区医学有关的列表服务器。3)培养 卫生专业人员和学生在七个地点， 4）提供技术支持5）开发和提供 访问家庭医学教材和资源网站， 将图书馆和教育信息链接到一个电子文件柜中。 为了实现这些目标，赠款资金将用于购买和安装 硬件与软件培训课程和技术支持将 由图书馆和临床信息中心持续提供 服务帮助台。

The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) was Created by an act of the state legislature in 1962. The intent was to establish a state supported medical school that would provide affordable medical education to residents in training in primary care. The school carries out its educational mission by affiliating with numerous health care institutions in the state. These include the UMass Memorial Healthcare System and it?s affiliated family health centers. In addition there are a number of voluntary physician faculty in private offices that preceptor students. This project entitled UMass Teaching Health Centers Connections Project will provide high speed Internet access to health information resources including library resources and electronic mail in support of the educational mission of the medical school at off Campus teaching sites. Activities proposed in this grant have five specific goals: 1) To provide high speed Internet access to six health centers in order to access web-based library and curricula materials; 2) To provide access to electronic mail, including listservs pertinent to family and community medicine. 3) To train health professionals and students at seven sites in Internet-based applications; 4) To provide technical support 5) To develop, and provide access to a website of family medicine teaching materials and resources, linking library and educational information into one electronic file cabinet. To accomplish these goals, grant funds will be used to purchase and install hardware and software. Training classes and technical support will be provided on an ongoing basis by the library and the clinical Information Services help desk.