Medical eLearning @ OpenClinical.org

OpenClinical.org is an e-learning community of individuals, organisations and companies collaborating on the development and dissemination of knowledge management technologies for patient care. The site is full of useful information and a wide range of knowledge management technologies which contribute to the definition and adoption of open technical standards for medical applications.

Registration is free and open to physicians as well as non-health professionals. The site provides:

• Introductory articles and technical briefings on medical knowledge
management methods, technologies and products.

• Demonstrations of technologies and applications which can be run on or accessed through the site.

• Presentations of clinical knowledge-management projects, discussion papers,etc.

• Links to sites maintained by OpenClinical partners and sponsors.

• Access to knowledge management software which can be downloaded from the OpenClinical site or from partner sites.

Several researchers in the knowledge management field collaborated on the project with the support of medical organisations and sponsors.

OpenClinical’s fundamental position is that knowledge management technologies are the same as any medical technology – the primary aim is efficacy and improving patient care. For more information read their white paper.