World Bank and Health TV Channel Launch Educational Television Project for Healthcare Professionals

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The World Bank and the Health TV Channel, Inc. have joined forces to launch a new educational television project for the Americas. This initiative aims to enhance medical and public health training for healthcare professionals across multiple languages, including English, Portuguese, and Spanish. The project will aggregate educational content from various sources, including universities, ministries of health, and medical experts. The goal is to increase the level of medical and public health training while disseminating innovations and best practices.

Key Takeaways:

  • The project will broadcast across 35 countries in the Americas, including the USA, Latin America, Canada, Spain, and Portugal.
  • The channel will feature medical and public health training for healthcare professionals in three languages: English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
  • The project will aggregate educational content from universities, ministries of health, medical and public health experts, and other partnering organizations.
  • The goal of the project is to increase the level of medical and public health training while disseminating innovations and best practices.
  • The Health TV Channel, Inc., a non-profit organization, will aggregate, manage, and provide the content for the new channel.
  • The World Bank is participating through the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) initiative and the "Knowledge and Learning Partnership for Health in the Americas."
  • Video conferencing and audio conferencing technologies will be employed to increase interaction among learners.
  • The project will use an ORACLE Learning Management System to deliver anytime, anywhere learning, and a unique PUSH technology will proactively deliver documents and video to learner's desktops.
  • The initiative will provide medical education for physicians and public health workers in varied languages through educational content for workforce development.

Statistics:

  • 35 countries in the Americas will be able to view broadcasts.
  • The project will feature training in three languages: English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
  • The initiative will deliver medical training to healthcare professionals across multiple continents.
  • The broadcast programs and educational activities will be directed to all in the health sector, including practitioners, policy decision-makers at local and national levels, elected officials, and hospital personnel.
  • The project will use ORACLE Learning Management System and PUSH technology to deliver anytime, anywhere learning.

Sources:

  • PRNewswire (February 17, 2004)
  • http://www.healthtvchannel.org/
  • http://www.worldbank.org/
  • The Health TV Channel, Inc.
  • The World Bank