Interactive videoconferencing system for rural health education: a preliminary report.
OBJECTIVE
To establish a videoconferencing network in a new Rural Clinical School.


METHODS
A report on choosing hardware and connecting multiple sites simultaneously.


METHODS
Rural South Australia.


METHODS
Undergraduate medical, nursing and allied health students.


METHODS
None.


METHODS
Establishment of an effective multisite, dual mode videoconferencing system.


RESULTS
The choice of hardware was simple, but acquiring adequate broadband connection between sites proved difficult.


CONCLUSIONS
Multi-site meetings for academic and administrative purposes are now routine. Evaluation of the effectiveness of medical education delivery will occur throughout 2004.
Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, The University of Adelaide & The University of South Australia, Nicholson Avenue, Whyalla, South Australia. jonathan.newbury@adelaide.edu.au
Jonathan
J
Newbury
Warren
W
McKenzie
D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000379:methods*; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013021:South Australia; D014741:Video Recording / Q000379:methods*