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Teaching Scientific Supercourse Global Health Supercourse Research BA Help Desk
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Gil Omenn, Former President AAAS Vint Cerf, Father of Internet Ismail Serageldin, Director Library of Alexandria Advisory Board Ron LaPorte, Professor, Supercourse Founder Francois Sauer, CEO, Trans Am Group
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Transforming Education, Health and Research Supercourse Viral Education Doubling Research capabilities mHealth Taking chances
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Distance learning compared to Classroom Learning 98% of education is from Classroom Learning In 2030, probably 96% Classroom learning Cost/student probably 1000 less No evidence that you learn better with traditional distance learning Classroom learning has a 5000 year history
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Imhotep, the "father of medicine". The word "Imhotep" means "he who comes in peace'
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Herodotus, after his visit to Egypt in the Vth century B.C., stated that Egyptians were, with the Libyans, the healthiest people. This must have implied a good deal of sanitation. Cleanliness, was religious as well a hygienic obligation. Prevention in Egypt
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Changing Life Expectancies 20 yrs 5 yrs
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Teacher in Alexandria Teacher in Kazakhstan Teacher in Havana Teacher in Pittsburgh Teacher in San Francisco Supercourse Model: lecture sharing Teacher in Cairo
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Large Multidisciplinary Network Open Source PowerPoint Lecture Library Distribution System to Educators Continuous Quality Improvement 9/20/201515
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What do we need to improve global health? Effective Cheap Ubiquitous Acceptable Sustainable
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Effective Cheap Ubiquitous Acceptable Sustainable
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GLOCAL Health (Global to Local)
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How can we improve science education worldwide? Question: Answer: Get better lectures
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Why don’t scientists share our most exciting PowerPoint lectures for free?
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56,000 Faculty 174 Countries 5500 PowerPoint lectures
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CountriesParticipants 17450,000 1923500 43 <500 (8,500 total) Comparing Supercourse, WHO and CDC
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Supercourse Mirror Sites 62 Mirror Sites, Egypt, Sudan, China, Mongolia, Russia
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140 Chinese Medical Students www.supercourse.cn
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259/20/201525 If you would like a free copy of the supercourse to put on your server write to Super1@pitt.edu
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z_CsRVb BCI
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Institute of Public Health Research Tehran University of Medical Sciences Disaster Supercourse Ali Ardalan For the Supercourse Team
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H1N1 lecture Lecture in 24 hours Translated in 3 days to 11 languages include Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew Reached 50 million Became trusted source Leading H1N1 lecture on web
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"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well- being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO)
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Solution 2: Library of Alexandria help research design Help Desk
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For every Biostatician there are 600 Clinicians
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Problem: Very little statistical capacity in developing countries Result 1: Poor research design and analysis Result 2: Limited scientific publication Solution A: Train people in the US Difficulty: 100,000 to train Ph.D. > 50% stay in US Result: Impossible to build research capacity for budding scientists in Developing countries
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Help Desk A Service the provides information and assistance concerning research methods Academic Statistical Help Desk: Typically local, helping students in the University Industrial strength Help Desk/Customer Service All major industries, 1000s of queries per hour, global
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Brilliant scientific Idea How do I test it? Global BA Supercourse Help Desk for Research design help
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Publication Rates
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Help Desk Model Client has a research methods question BEFORE beginning work Email to country help desk Difficult questions sent to Senior Distinguished professors Help Desk aids in form design When Data are collected aids in Guiding the analysis
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http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/ResearchMethods/index.htmhttp://www.pitt.edu/~super1/ResearchMethods/index.htm. Help your self: One stop shop for Research Methods free books, apps, youtube presentations. Also >500 research methods Powerpoint lectures many translated into languages other than English If you would like a free copy of the research methods site write to Super1@pitt.edu
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Countries interested in establishing a National Help Desk Egypt India Kazakhstan Kenya Lebanon Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Sudan Tanzania Uganda
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45 Mobile-Global Health = Reaching of Billions of people world wide to improve Global health and prevention using Mobile technology, and education
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46 Numbers of People (billions)and Numbers of Cell Phones Tipping Point 6.7 B People = 6.7 B Cells
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48 There are 1.5 cell phones for every European There is one cell phone for every 2.4 people in Africa There are more cell phones then toothbrushes
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50 Reaching the unreached
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51 Reaching the unreached: Disabled
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Teaching Scientific Supercourse Global Health Supercourse Research BA Help Desk
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