VHCC - The concept of CME

At April 2005 the Telemedicine Unit was created by the Georgian Telemedicine Union (Association) at the JSC "REA" Rehabilitation Center. It aims organization of remote medical consultations, distance educational courses and the Continuous Medical Educational programmes focusing upon Telemedicine, eHealth and their applications.

At November 2005 the Georgian Telemedicine Union (Association) in collaboration with the Telemedicine Unit of JSC "REA" Rehabilitation Center worked out the CME programme "eHealth - Perspectives and Possibilities", which aims the introduction of the new field of medicine, its possibilities and perspectives to audience and the description of the possibilities to increase the quality, efficacy and adequacy of medical service through implementation of eHealth and telemedicine.

This programme is addressed to the following medical specialities:
- Pathologists
- Clinical cytologists
- Oncologists
- Radiologists
- Infectionists
- Cardiologists
- Hematologists
- Dermatologists
Each course can be attended by the 30 listener.

The duration of programme "eHealth - Perspectives and Possibilities" is estimated as 2 working days (11 educational hours), it will be realized through lectures (45 min of duration each) and seminars (2x45 min of duration each).

Creation of the other CME programmes focused eHealth and telemedicine and their applications will be worked at next steps.