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As part of
the CETL initiative, John Halamka, Chief Information Officer of Harvard
Medical School, visited the region in November and a week of events was
planned which included a keynote lecture, 'Connecting Patients, Providers
and Educators which took place on Thursday 3 November 2005 at 5.30 pm
David Shaw Lecture Theatre, Medical School, University of Newcastle upon
Tyne. Dr
Halamka visited the region as part of the development process for the
Collaborative Centre for Excellence in Healthcare Professional Education
(CETL4HealthNE) and delivered a keynote lecture on 3 November 2005 at
the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Dr Halamka
is the Chief Information Officer of Harvard Medical School and also an
Accident and Emergency Physician. He is in charge of all educational research
and administration, including all electronic courseware development. He
has already successfully completed much of what the CETL4HealthNE aims
to achieve, for example, working across professional and organisational
boundaries, easy (but appropriate) access to shared learning resources
and patient records etc. regardless of whether located in University or
clinical setting.
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