Security in the French-speaking Virtual Medical University.
The Medical Virtual French-Speaking University (UMVF) is a government sponsored program. The participating medical schools will share Web accessible scientific contents and develop their own teaching strategies and learner-trainer interactions. An e-learning platform will manage the access to the UMVF and its various resources. This access will require a unique identification/authentication. Users will then be guided toward those resources adapted to their profile. We recommend the use of a smart card for the identification/authentication. The connection should be secured via a SSL protocol when using critical resources such as assessment of a student, discussion between a student and a teacher and creation or modification of resources by a teacher. In other cases, secure connection will not be required. Usage rights of resources will be explicated. Critical data will be ciphered.
CERIM-Faculté de Médecine de Lille-1, Place Verdun-59045, Lille.
Jean Marie
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Renard
Jean Marc
JM
Brunetaud
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Dufresne
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Beuscart
D022126:Access to Information; D016494:Computer Security; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003219:Confidentiality; D020375:Education, Distance; D005602:France; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014584:User-Computer Interface