Task Force-E

The OESO CME Task Force
The UNESCO Chair for distance learning

Continuing its course of regular expansion, and fulfilling its role in CME,
made official by the Resolution approved by UNESCO at the general Conference of 199
and put into effect by the UNESCO Chair for Distance Learning,

OESO, and the OESO Foundation representing its arm for CME, have created a new structure,

The OESO CME Task Force.

Working in close cooperation with the members of the Executive Board, the Scientific Direction, the Permanent Scientific Committee of OESO, and the Executive Committee of the OESO Foundation,

The OESO CME Task Force strive to develop on a worldwide scale the dissemination of knowledge and the sharing of information in line with one of the essential missions of UNESCO.

R. Giuli
Executive Director

AIMS

Expansion of the OESO network of Experts in diagnosis, second opinion, and therapeutic strategy.

Setting up of University groups of experts for inclusion in the OESO network.

Cooperation with existing structures for Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Practical organization and development of the OESO Foundation scientific program.

Evaluation and updating of the "OESO Knowledge Interactive Information System" using the original program developed by OESO in cooperation with HON (Health On the Net).

Commentaries on clinical cases and courses on the Web.

Networking of the scientific content of the OESO World Conferences.

CME multi-disciplinary program

	Courses on the web
	Commentaries on clinical cases
	Videoconferences

Preparation of up-to-date, easy to access scientific information for the general public.

INTENTION

	To represent the original, multi-disciplinary component of the OESO Foundation, to ensure the rigor of its approach and its credibility by the control of its scientific value and the regular maintenance of its excellence.
	To ensure that the OESO network, with the program of the UNESCO Chair for distance learning, provides innovative means of structuring healthcare at the local, national, and international levels, by the implementation of an operational program capable of challenging the traditional practices.

Current members of the OESO CME Task Force:

C. Boyer (Geneva), Health On the Net J.G. Brasseur (University Park), Biomechanics J.M. Collard (Brussels), Surgery B. Gayet (Paris), Surgery I. F. Herrmann (Rome), ENT B.A. Jobe (Pittsburgh), Surgery D. Nocca (Montpellier), Surgery	B.K. Oelschlager (Seattle), Surgery J. Perissat (Bordeaux), Surgery C. Scarpignato (Parme), Pharmacology-Gastroenterology R.P. Tatum (Seattle), Surgery G. Tougas (Basel), Gastroenterology R. Tutuian (Zurich), Gastroenterology H.C. Wolfsen (Jacksonville), Surgery
F.S. Giuli (Paris), Consultant

The courses take into consideration the variable technical capacities of the connected sites, as well as the time differences existing with the areas of reception.

The program, now available on the OESO website, involves the following characteristics:

	True multi-disciplinarity, following the original approach of OESO since its creation.
	Sections of the program to French speaking audiences.
	Possible choice between *two different levels of competence*:
	- Current practice - Specialized practice
	Courses proposed in *two formats*, according to the subject and speakers preference,
	- Presentation of still images (powerpoint) with or without the webcam inset of the speaker. - Video sequences with relevant commentaries.
	Courses transmitted by *two means*,
	- From one, single site, in the form of a traditional lecture, - From multiple sites, in the form of a discussion among several specialists on an anonymous clinical case selected for its educational interest.
	Courses accessible in *two ways,*
	- In real time, allowing for audience interaction with the teaching team. - Pre-recorded, using a video available in the "OESO Knowledge Interactive Information System" of the OESO Foundation.
	The OESO CME Platform: www.oeso-foundation.org http://www.hon.ch/OESO/OESOCME.html