1. Epidemiological Applications in Health Services Research
Paperless Course From Start to Finish
Dr. Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim
Health Policy and Administration Dept.
College of Health and Human Development

2. Objectives
Share
Experience
Challenges
Get feedback on improvement

3. To achieve these objectives
Challenges
Feed back
Experience
Feed back

4. Components of Course Development
Course Web page
Electronic Reserve
Data & Software
Class Assignments
Lectures

5. Course Web Page
Course web page

6. Challenges in the Course Web page
Format by PSU
PSU Course web Format
Software and its support “page extensions”
Size of the assigned personal space

8. Challenges in Electronic Reserve
Time in
getting the articles
scanning them
giving them to the library long before semester
just-in-time posting anxiety
Limiting the number to 20 articles
Use only twice before copyright gets you

9. Data Posting data on the server E-mail and download problems
Technique
File size
Format
and download problems
CD writer and distribution

10. Statistical Software Demonstration in class License
loading and unloading
Time

11. Class Assignments
Sample assignments
Papers
Spread sheet

12. Class Assignments E-mail File formats Comments within documents
Time to review
Place of review

13. Foundation
Outcomes eval
Epi tools
Overview
Screening
Epi studies
Surveillance
Economic eval

14. Lectures
Black & white
Full screen
Framed

15. Lectures Power point and other Microsoft products
Disk and ftp transfer
Class download
Online exploration if included
Prepare them in HTML format
Post on my personal web
color problems
size
Replace the old with the new

16. Conclusions The paperless course is possible
The access to the internet is necessary
Classroom equipped with necessary technology is essential
Training of faculty in use of the technology can enrich this experience

17. Questions & Discussion