Tutorials & Pre-Conferences

Tutorials

Tutorials are half-day, take place on the weekend before the conference (Sat+Sun, Oct 14+15th 2006) or on the days after the core program (Oct 18th and 19th). Tutorials are open for Mednet registrants or Mednet non-registrants and are $150 for 1 tutorial, $125 per tutorial if a participant pays for 2 tutorials, or $100 per tutorial if a participant books 3 or more tutorials, except the free usability tutorial on Thursday, as well as the WFME workshop on Wednesday, which are free of charge, but require prior registration for MedNet (Click here to register), and subsequent registration through this form (scroll down and check the respective free events). In case of overbooking of the free tutorials, those participants who also booked a paid tutorial will receive preference.

If you are a registrant for Mednet and want to order the free tutorials, please first login at http://www.mednetcongress.org/registration.php

A full list of tutorial times and locations is available from the Conference Schedule

Presenter	Tutorial Title	Date	Register
Bryn Lewis NPS	Internet technologies for delivery of evidence based information : Using web services and XML effectively	Sat Oct 14 9AM - 12PM
Nina Eminovic Dept. of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam Jeremy Wyatt Health Informatics Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK	Better evaluation studies in eHealth and telemedicine	Sat Oct 14 1PM - 4PM
M Chris Gibbons Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute	Emerging themes in disparities research; the role of eHealth solutions	Sun Oct 15 9AM - 12PM
Kim Nazi US Department of Veterans Affairs	Implementing eHealth: Development of a Personal Health Record for Patients (Process, Product, and Principles)	Sun Oct 15 1PM - 4PM
Lars Kayser University of Copenhagen Hans Karle WFME	Developing recommendations for “WFME Guidelines and Strategies for Medical e-Learning.”* free tutorial for paid conference registrants	Wed Oct 18 1PM - 2PM
Janice Nall Centers for Disases Control and Prevention (CDC)	FREE CDC-SPONSORED TUTORIAL (registration required, see abstract!): User-Centered Design of Websites* free tutorial for paid conference registrants	Thu Oct 19 9AM - 1PM

Pre-/Postconference Workshops

3rd WATI Workshop - Web Assisted Tobacco Interventions
Web-assisted tobacco interventions (WATI) are a class of technology-enabled behavioral interventions are becoming popular because of their ease of proliferation, scalability and relatively low-cost. Web-assisted behavior change tools in general have achieved success in facilitating behaviour change across a variety of health conditions, with tobacco control being among the most widely studied, and effective, areas for applying eHealth interventions.
The World Congress on Internet and Medicine (MedNet) in Toronto will provide an opportunity for those engaged in WATI to meet with eHealth specialists to exchange ideas and share knowledge, promoting collaboration opportunities globally between sectors and between practitioners, researchers, and funders.
The aim is to lay the foundations for developing a global community of practice within WATI and eHealth by drawing both tobacco control and eHealth researchers together working on areas of common interest.
Please contact Virginia Chow [virginia_chow at camh.net] to be invited to this workshop. A NOTE FOR ALL CRIMINALS IN NIGERIA: WE WILL IGNORE YOUR REQUESTS FOR INVITATION LETTERS

Health-e Body Weight ("E-besity") Workshop: Issues in developing, using, and evaluating ehealth technologies for healthy eating and active lifestyle
Invitational Workshop for ehealth researchers and technology experts, nutrition and physical activity experts, health behaviour change experts, policy makers, consumers, industry representatives, and potential funders - Please see abstract for a description of this workshop as well as for information on how to attend.