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26/May/2014
26/May/2014
The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Panama, supporting the initiative of the Educational Virtual Clinic of Virtual Campus for Public Health, called the specialist and health professionals who participated in the pilot project . The event was chaired by Dr. Zelibeth Valverde, Director of Planning, Ministry of Health and Dr. Gaspar Da Costa, an expert in psychiatry and project manager in the Educational Virtual Clinic.
21/May/2014
Recently, Moodle version 2.7, which includes enhancements for teachers, students and administrators, was released.
Configuration of conditional activities, uploading of assignments, and questionnaire design offer new options. We also found a new HTML text editor.
Version 2.6 (November 2013) also brought new changes in the assignment of grades, review PDF, quick editing of activities and resources, improvements to the calendar and greater compatibility with all types of devices (desktop computer...
02/May/2014
Ethical priority-setting for a progressive realization of universal health coverage
When: Thursday 8th May, 2014, 10:00 am to 11:30 am (Washington, D.C. Time).
Where: Room B, PAHO HQ Building, 525 23rd Street N.W., Washington DC, 20037, USA.
The session will be broadcasted through the following links:
25/Apr/2014
The Argentina VCPH Node informs that inscription is opened for the Course of Patient Rights Law. With this course, students will have the opportunity to learn about the law that determines which 26,529 are the essential rights of the patient and what the obligations of the professional health team and what to consider your company or health institution.
Entry deadline: April 30 | Quota: 25 students | Starts: May 5 | Offer: distance
More information and Registration
08/Apr/2014
E-learning and open and distance education is growing worldwide. There is no doubt that the experiences in each region, although different and dependent on the context, can be useful to improve proposals.
According to some market research reports, in Africa the demand for products and services for e -learning (platforms, authoring tools, content development, etc.) is growing rapidly, as well as Asia and Latin America.
02/Apr/2014
We warmly invite you to be part of an exciting event in global public health – the 14th World Congress on Public Health to be hosted in Kolkata, India from 11-15 February 2015. The Congress will aim towards fostering the promotion of “Healthy People – Healthy Environment” and will bring together thousands of participants from a wide range of public health disciplines from many countries around the world.
25/Mar/2014
On March 25, 2014, Dr. Jose Jardines and Mr. Edgardo De Gracia from the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) team, made the presentation of the pilot of the Educational Virtual Clinic (EVC) project in Evaluation Workshop of Palliative Care National Program of the Republic of Panama. In it, VCPH services were presented and especially the Educational Virtual Clinic as an opportunity to exchange experiences in Palliative Care.
24/Mar/2014
The Virtual Campus of Public Health modernizes the reports generation system, implementing JasperReports for generating relevant information required by the Academic Coordination and Virtual Courses.