21/Mar/2016
The VCPH was present at the XI International Congress of Health Informatics, developed in Cuba between 15 and 18 March 2016.
At the congress the achievements and challenges VCPH in the framework of the strategy of working with open and interoperable resources were presented.
The conference also provided an opportunity for the workshop "The Virtual Campus of Public Health - Repository and Open Educational Resources" which was aimed, check the busy...
09/Mar/2016
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is urging health system policy makers, scholars and researchers in its member countries to submit abstracts related to “resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world”, this year’s theme for the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, which will be held on 14-18 November 2016 in Vancouver, Canada.
Individual abstracts for the symposium are to be submitted by March 20, 2016. ...
26/Feb/2016
"Education is not acquiring skills, impart knowledge or schooling thoughts," writes Marina Garces Learn to think, one of the texts that are part of its recommended unfinished Philosophy (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2015), where argues that thinking is learning to think and "to think, teach writing, you indicate that you have been thinking something that has been something to write." Teaching is give (us) to think, "against the massive consumption of information, compared to training in competencies...
22/Feb/2016
In the framework of the XI International Congress of Informatics in Health, VCPH will be present with a presentation referring to achievements and challenges of campus. a workshop aimed at reviewing and strengthening the strategy of Open Educational Resources within VCPH is also performed.
Scientific Program: 11th International Conference on Health Informatics
Topics
eHealth and clinical practice
Collaborative work and learning network
Networking for...
13/Jan/2016
Abstracts accepted for 4th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is urging health system policy makers, scholars and researchers in its member countries to submit abstracts related to “resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world”, this year’s theme for the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, which will be held on 14-18 November 2016 in Vancouver, Canada. Session...
09/Dec/2015
The regional coordinator VCPH made a visit to Puerto Rico, on 3 and 4 December 2015.
During the visit was presented the VCPH and experiences nodes country in order to promote the implementation of the node.
On Thursday March a meeting was held with Dr. Ralph Rivera Gutierrez, Dean of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Puerto Rico by the coordinator of the PAHO / WHO office in Puerto Rico Dr. Raul Castellanos.
On Friday 4th a meeting of presentation...
26/Nov/2015
During the 17 and 18 November 2015 an expert workshop whose purpose was focused on discussing the "Challenges and Opportunities VCPH under the Strategy for the Universal Health Access and Universal Health Coverage" we were held.
Opening the workshop it was attended by Dr. Fernando Menezes Da Silva, Head of the Human Resources Unit in PAHO / WDC, with Dr. Fernando Campos, Executive Secretary of the UNA-SUS / Fiocruz / Brasil and Dr. Jose Baudilio Jardines, first regional node manager VCPH.
At...
02/Nov/2015
The paper presents the work of David Annand, published in IRRODL (Vol. 16.5) entitled “Developing a Sustainable Financial Model in Higher Education for Open Educational Resources”. Although basically referred to American institutions, it serves to reflect on the phenomenon.
The expectations raised after the birth of the movement around Open Educational Resources (OER) were great. The OER (Open Educational Resources) or Open Educational Resources (OER) were rated well in 2002 by UNESCO in...
28/Oct/2015
The Virtual Campus for Public Health invites you to visit the website of the International Open Access Week to be held to share experiences in this area and help broader participation.
The International Open Access Week is held for the sixth year around the world and is an ideal place to disseminate, promote and raise awareness among the academic and research community the benefits and advances in management of open access forum.
International Open Access Week
