eCapicity for Trauma Information Systems and Research Education (eCATIS)

描述(由申请人提供)：在全球卫生研究和中低收入国家(LMIC)机构的研究培训中扩大信息和通信技术(ICT)的使用最有效的方法是提供先进和高效的培训和教育计划，将低成本ICT的先进和高效培训与研究方法嵌入全面的实际应用中，使学员能够立即看到这种技术的好处。为世界上伤害是疾病最大负担的地区开发创伤信息系统，因为伤害导致的患者死亡人数超过艾滋病、疟疾和结核病的总和，具有改变全球公共卫生范式的非凡潜力。为此，匹兹堡大学联合创建了一个专家团队，以建立创伤信息系统和研究教育的eCapacity(ECATIS)。提高电子能力，为LMICs开发创伤信息技术，是了解伤害的严重程度和疾病负担的基本和迫切需要的一步。这些信息对于设计和实施公共卫生干预措施、分配资源以及回答与低收入国家环境有关的研究问题至关重要。我们设计了一个有指导意义的项目，学员将根据自己的需求在开发TIS方面拥有实践经验，同时将这些经验作为案例研究，结合应用研究方法培训为他们提供信息和通信技术设计、要求和实施的基础知识。这一计划确保了授课和实践学习机会之间的最佳平衡和丰富的教育体验。我们将采用分阶段培训的方法，从哥伦比亚开始(第一年) 然后逐步开展培训，培训培训员课程，并与来自哥伦比亚的受训人员共同努力，将知识传授给巴拉圭的偏远地区(第二年)，并扩大对技术信息系统的使用。在最后阶段(第三年)，受训者现在是培训者，他们将在第二个偏远地点(危地马拉)复制活动匹兹堡大学在拉丁美洲的国际培训合作方面有着广泛的记录。此应用程序旨在利用 我们目前和以前的Fogarty国际中心建立的研究能力是通过与D43“全球卫生信息学培训(ITGH)”和D43“国际合作创伤和伤害研究培训补助金”直接联系而获得的。这份申请是由来自匹兹堡大学(匹兹堡，美国宾夕法尼亚州)、不列颠哥伦比亚大学外科(加拿大)、Fundacion Meditech(哥伦比亚内瓦)、[CIIC](罗萨里奥，阿根廷)和俄勒冈健康与科学大学[OHSU](美国俄勒冈州波特兰)的研究人员共同提交的。哥伦比亚、巴拉圭和危地马拉是这项研究培训计划的目标国家。该项目的另一个好处是提供创伤信息系统，能够收集与当地伤害流行病学有关的数据，并为设计伤害预防举措、质量 改善计划和促进研究工作，以满足LMICs关于创伤/伤害护理的最紧迫的问题。这些信息目前在大多数LMIC创伤中心都无法获得，这种信息的缺乏是全球LMIC全面创伤系统发展的主要障碍。这项提议的跨国方面与本计划的基本目标之一相一致，即通过电子通信和数据共享活动创建、促进和加强合作和网络，以达到交叉培训、相互学习和知识进步的目的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The most effective method to expand the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in global health research and research training for low and middle income country (LMIC) institutions, is to offer and educational program that combines advanced and efficient training in low cost ICT and research methods embedded in a comprehensive practical application where trainees can immediately see the benefits of such technique. Developing a trauma information systems for regions in the world where injury is a the greatest burden of disease as injuries kills more patients than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis all combined, has the extraordinary potential of changing a paradigm in global public health. For this reason the University of Pittsburgh has joined forces to create a team of experts to build eCapacity for trauma information systems and research education (eCATIS). Enhancing eCapacity to develop trauma information technologies for LMICs is a fundamental and critically needed step towards understanding the magnitude of injury and the burden of disease. Such information is pivotal to design and implement public health interventions, allocate resources, and answer research questions relevant to the environment in LMICs. We designed an instructive program, where trainees will have "hands on experience" in developing a TIS according to their own needs while simultaneously using this experience as the case studies to provide them with the fundamentals of ICTs design, requirements, and implementation combined with applied research methods training. This program ensures an optimal balance and an enriching educational experience between didactic and practicum learning opportunities. We will utilize a staged training approach, starting in Colombia (year one) to then progressively engage in a train the trainer curricula and work in concert with trainees from Colombia to transfer knowledge and expand the use of a TIS to a remote site in Paraguay (year two). In the final stage (year three), the trainees are now the trainers and they will replicte the activities in a second remote site (Guatemala) The University of Pittsburgh has an extensive record of international training collaborations in Latin America. This application aims to leverage the research capacity established by our current and former Fogarty International Center research and research training grants through direct links with a D43 "Informatics Training for Global Health (ITGH) in Colombia," and a D43, "International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training Grant". This application is being submitted by a collaboration of investigators from the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.); the University of British Columbia Department of Surgery (Canada); Fundacion Meditech (Neiva, Colombia); Centro de Informatica e Investigacion Clinica [CIIC] (Rosario, Argentina); and Oregon Health & Science University [OHSU] (Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.). Colombia, Paraguay, and Guatemala are the countries targeted for this research training program. An additive benefit of this project will be the delivery of trauma information systems capable of gathering data relevant to the local epidemiology of injury and providing the basis for designing injury prevention initiatives, quality improvement programs and facilitating research endeavors to meet LMICs' most pressing questions regarding trauma/injury care. This information is not currently available in most LMIC trauma centers, and this lack of information represents the main obstacle for comprehensive trauma systems development in LMICs worldwide. The transnational aspects of this proposal are in accordance with one the underlying objectives of this program which is to create, foment and enhance collaborations and networks through electronic communication and data sharing activities for cross training purposes, mutual learning and knowledge advancement.