Real-time Video Conferencing to Implement a Distance Lecture on Occupational Health, the Japanese Experience Ken Takahashi 1 Tetsuro Hada 2 Masaya Yahata 2 Toshiaki Higashi 1 1 University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (UOEH) 2 Human Media Creation Center, Kyushu

Background Once every year since 2002, Distance Lecture (DL) conducted within framework of International Group Training Course held at UOEH, Japan In , under collaboration among UOEH, JICA and Human Media Creation Center, bilateral connection succeeded between UOEH (Japan) and NIOSH (Malaysia) In 2004, under same collaboration, the connection was to be extended to 3 countries, using JICA-Net

Objective To provide training opportunities and promote communication among OH trainees/staffs in 3 countries To develop management skills in implementation of international real-time video-conference To assess utility/efficacy of WebCT as training tool in combination with video-conference

Methods One full day (7 hr; ) for video conference within curriculum of JICA Group Training in Occupational Health Connect 3 countries via JICA-Net and ISDN Total 37 participants (professsion HCW) VenueJobPrior Experience

JICA Tokyo Intl Center (TIC) MCU ISDN 384KBPS IP connecti on Malaysia INTAN Philippines JICA Office Kitakyushu Science- Research Park ISDN 128 KBPS JICA-Net

Program

Uploaded Material

Pre-lecture Exam （ Administered only to participants in Japan ）

Time-course of participant ’ s access to particular contents ※ summed from log of access

※ Access count of individual HTML files ※ Summed from access log Time Course of Program and Access to Contents (1)

Active Discussion?

Perception/impression by participants

Perceived Satisfaction ※ Q3-2 ： Did Video-conference system freeze during the program? Q5-1 ： Did you access material on WebCT during the program? Definition ： Total score of all items ※ 10 points ： Max←→ 0 points ： Min; increment 2.5 points ※ 180 points FULL SCORE （ 100 points for PHL because WebCT could not be used ）

Perceived Satisfaction (2) ※ Because PHL did not use WebCT, Q5-1 to -5 was excluded from analyses

Questionnaire (2) Evaluate this lecture Compare with live lecture Speaking opportunity Access web materials?Easy to operate?Useful during lecture? About WebCT Overall

2-Year Comparison of participants in Japan (2003 vs. 2004)

Fruits and Challenges OH trainees in 3 countries successfully connected real- time. Satisfaction graded as 7.0/10. Visual quality better in prior attempt, but overall evaluation higher in this attempt. Satisfaction of participants may have been effected by overall balance (> visual and audio quality) Participants in Japan had opportunity to study beforehand using WebCT. Opportunity to speak graded as “unsatisfactory.” WebCT could be utilized more during lecture to encourage active participation.

Mission Accomplished!

Questionnaire Responses (1)

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