Create Online Health Communities and Networks
A One Day Workshop with Lisa Neal
Fredericton, New Brunswick
When
April 12 2007
8:45 am- 4:30pm
Where
Delta Fredericton
Grand Ballroom C
Price
Early $325.00 (before April 5, 2007)
$375.00 (after April 5)
To Register
call Heather 506.462.9062
Or click Registerto register on-line
Who is this workshop for?
Are you involved in:
Health and Wellness Initiatives?
Are you looking for effective ways to communicate your message to the public?
Interested in effectively connecting health care professionals with patients or their families?
Are you interested in learning best practices?
Are you involved in Health Care but need to learn about collaborative technologies?
Or are you a web developers, and need to learn about online communities issues in the Health and Wellness field?
About Lisa Neal
Dr. Lisa Neal specializes in the creative uses of collaborative technologies for learning — in particular, the design and evaluation of online courses, online communities, and online seminars. She is also Editor-in-Chief of eLearn Magazine, the first online publication of ACM and Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor in The Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, where she teaches courses on online health communities on an ongoing basis. Among various other clients such as the NIH, Cambridge Health Alliance and Office of Naval Research, Dr. Neal has been involved on product development for LeapFrogRx, a company which provides sales and marketing intelligence solutions to the pharmaceutical industry. Lisa holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Harvard University, an Sc.M. in Computer Science from Brown University, and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
This Workshop will cover
What are the unique characteristics of online health communities as opposed to other online communities?
What is the role of online health communities in the larger medical arena?
How can varying levels of health literacy and knowledge be accommodated?
What designs help increase comprehension and retention?
How can interactivity with peers and experts be supported?
What community roles (e.g., moderator, support provider, seminar presenter) should be encouraged and what technologies support those roles?
What indicators of community participation levels are valuable to other participants?
How can online health communities more seamlessly integrate with existing medical journals, encyclopedias, and texts?
What are the benefits that accrue?
What are the design considerations including usability, sociability, culture, language, accessibility, and more.
How can participant interaction be encouraged and how should the quality of user-generated content be managed?
