Startups like Coursera and Udacity similarly have developed lectures, often similar to the structure of university courses in terms of content taught.
These gifted women scientists and engineers developed lectures and visual materials that were presented at scientific events in Latin American countries, including Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico (see photo below), Brazil, Venezuela, and Argentina.
After taking a teaching class and working to develop lectures to bridge the lab experiments and the general class (see Part 1), we postdocs enrolled in the University of Alabama, Birmingham, pilot Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program began to find our rhythm.
We developed lectures (four education sessions during the study period) and a viral meningitis protocol for physicians, principally the infectious diseases physicians, neurologists, pediatricians and emergency medicine doctors.
Lecturing with EVS is best suited to those who are confident with computer-based technology, willing to deviate from the prepared path as determined by student EVS responses, and able to put a lot of time in to developing interactive lectures.
To capitalize on the opportunity, Mr. Rabinowitz said the university was developing a lecture series called "Educate '08".
Using this example, developing a lecture site is much more time consuming and intense than a 3-day AWLS course.
Thirty nine percent of responding faculty (46) stated that they would be willing to be involved with developing curriculum, lecturing and/or mentoring residents in IH.
Additionally, despite being engaged in their current faculty responsibilities, there is a substantial cohort of physicians who would be willing to be involved with developing curriculum, lecturing and/or mentoring residents in international health.
Independent predictor variables for being willing to be involved with developing curriculum, lecturing, and/or mentoring residents in IH include interest in IH (p < 0.01) and experience in IH (p = 0.014).
