eCapicity for Trauma Information Systems and Research Education (eCATIS)

说明（由申请人提供）：在全球卫生研究和中低收入国家机构的研究培训中扩大使用信息和通信技术的最有效方法是提供一个教育方案，将低成本信息和通信技术的先进和有效培训与综合实际应用中的研究方法结合起来，使受训者能够立即看到这种技术的好处。在世界上伤害是最大疾病负担的地区，因为伤害造成的死亡人数超过艾滋病、疟疾和结核病的总和，为这些地区开发创伤信息系统具有改变全球公共卫生范式的巨大潜力。出于这个原因，匹兹堡大学联合起来创建了一个专家小组，为创伤信息系统和研究性教育（eCATIS）建立电子能力。加强中低收入国家开发创伤信息技术的能力，是了解伤害程度和疾病负担的一个基本和迫切需要的步骤。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中低收入国家环境有关的研究问题至关重要。我们设计了一个指导性项目，学员将根据自己的需要获得开发信息通信技术的“实践经验”，同时利用这些经验作为案例研究，向他们提供信息通信技术设计、要求和实施的基础知识，并结合应用研究方法培训。该计划确保了教学和实践学习机会之间的最佳平衡和丰富的教育经验。我们将采用分阶段的培训方法，从哥伦比亚开始（第一年）。

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.