title: Comparative health systems: international collaborative education using the internet.
abstract: Between January and June 1998, postgraduate and undergraduate students from seven centres participated in a discussion of suicide from a public health perspective, using a listserver on the Internet. Most contributions were in English but a few were in Spanish with subsequent translation. Eighteen out of 32 students responding to evaluation, found the module worthwhile and their learning objectives were met. After making a few modifications to procedures resulting from the evaluation, further rounds of discussion were started in October 1998. International discussion groups using listservers on the Internet provide a new and apparently effective method of education.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Informatics, Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ostbye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D020407:Internet