| June 27th - 30th, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK | www.cbms2011.org |
| June 27th - 30th, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK | www.cbms2011.org |
Special Track on Technology Enhanced Learning in Medical EducationCall for papersRecent advances in information and communication technologies (ICT) have acted as catalysts for significant developments in the sector of health care, affecting strongly medical diagnosis, patient and healthcare management and, of course, medical education. There is nowadays an international trend to involve computers and the Internet in medical curricula and in continuing life-long medical learning. Currently, the enormous expansion in medical and biomedical knowledge poses a fundamental challenge in medical education. Can new educational approaches build on concepts of adult education, rely on situational and/or constructive learning and accommodate requirements involved in active, self-directed, student-centred, and experiential educational programs? How can information technology assist the learners in developing robust conceptual models that will eventually facilitate the transition towards expert, over-specialized knowledge, yet without loosing sight of the "big picture"? Can information technology provide some added value for the development of individual strategies to effectively deal with the complexity and amount of medical knowledge?. This special track aims to bring together researchers in the multi-disciplinary areas of Medical Education and technology enhanced learning, and to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of their research activities. Academics, scientists, psychologists, clinicians, engineers, computer scientists and managers involved in medical education "as it is" or enhanced by ICT innovations, are encouraged to submit papers to this special track. We therefore welcome paper/poster submissions and delegates from the worldwide Medical and Computing community, particularly those involved in funded research projects in Medical Education and/or with teaching responsibilities in the sub-area of "Computer-based Medical Systems". Authors are invited to submit their research contributions or practical experience reports. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two referees. The track provides its attendees with an opportunity to experience state-of-the-art research and development in a variety of topics directly and indirectly related to their own work, as well as, an opportunity to come up-to-date on important technological issues involved in the enhancement of medical education.
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Important datesPaper submission due : Paper submission and publicationEach contribution must be prepared following the IEEE two-column format, and should not exceed the length of 6 (six) Letter-sized pages; the authors may use LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates when preparing their drafts. The papers should be submitted electronically before the paper submission deadline ( All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Each Program Committee of the corresponding Special Track or General Track will be responsible for the final decision about acceptance of papers submitted to that track. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE CS Press. At least one author must pay the registration fee before May 30th for each accepted paper. Please refer to the IEEE IPR guidelines concerning copyright. Authors of accepted papers must include a completed IEEE Copyright Form with the submission of their final camera-ready paper. For further questions, please contact the track chairs: Track Program Committee
Track ChairsPanagiotis Bamidis, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Daniela Giordano, Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, Italy Stathis Konstantinidis, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Email: bamidis at med.auth.gr
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