Digital Divide

What is digital divide? What is the impact on the

society? What is Supercourse effort?

Digital Divide The gap in:

Information communication technology The Internet use

The gap between various: Income Age Gender Ethnicity Language Geography Family, company size

Digital Divide

Source: UN Human Development Report, 1999

Interent users Less than 5% of world population

4,7

23,526,3

0,040

5

10

15

20

25

30

USA South Asia

(% )

% worldpopulation% internet users

Digital Divide

55

54

51

38,5

27

0 20 40 60

Netherland99'

Australia00'

US 00'

Japan 00'

France 00'

PC penetration

Among developed countries

% of people having a PC

Source:OECD, Digital Divide 2001

Digital Divide

50,1

41,5

38

19,1

12,1

0 20 40 60

Denmark00'

US 00'

Norway99'

Japan00'

France00'

Internet access

Among developed countries

% of Internet users

Source:OECD, Digital Divide 2001

Widening Digital Divide

Source:Burstin, Health Affairs 2000

0

10

20

30

40

50

1994 1997

US WhiteUS Black

21.5% gap

16.8% gap

% of Internet users

1994 vs. 1997 in USA

Digital Divide Result:

Less access Lack of information

Impact Business Science Education

Slowing down of the society

Crossing Digital Divide

Alternative Internet access: Cable, Satellite TV Mobile phone

Crossing Digital Divide Mobile internet training unit

Supercourse – Crossing Digital Divide

Supercourse lectures Readable with lower

version of web browsers Small size

200-300kb per lecture Mirroring CD-ROM

Supercourse – Crossing Digital Divide

Mirror sites: 32 Simply “a copy of Supercourse

site” Mirror update in December!!

Supercourse – Crossing Digital Divide

CD-Rom: Sent to 4000 faculty in 105

countries CD-Rom update in December!!

Quality Control

Filtering system Development level Manufacturing level Utilization level

Quality assurance system Online review

Statistical quality control

Utilization Classroom teaching:

Faculty School of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Veterinary, Public Health

Course reference / reading material Customized lecturing

Modification, tailoring Web-based or CD-Rom

Utilization Professional training:

Local health departments (US)

Training material Self-learning material Resource for program development

Utilization e-Handbook:

Medical students Quick manual for “Epidemiology”

Web-based or CD-Rom

Supercourse development

Rehabilitation Supercourse (29) http://www.shrs.upmc.edu/supercourse/

index.htm

Behavioral Sciences Supercourse (16) http://www.commed.hku.hk/super.course/

index.htm

CDC Prevention Lecture Series (30) http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/cdcfront.htm

Supercourse development

Jikei University Medical School Clinical Epidemiology course Evaluation trial

http://www.jikei.ac.jp

University of Occupational & Environmental Health Post graduate education Global Health Disaster Network

http://envepi.med.uoeh-u.ac.jp/supercourse/index.htm

Supercourse development

Hokkaido University Health, Environment, and Sustainable

Health Supercourse http://www.med.hokudai.ac.jp/~senior-w/supercourses.html

Dokkyo University Global Pathology Supercourse

http://www.dokkyomed.ac.jp/dep-k/cli-path/WASP-Glo.html

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) programs

Future plans CD distribution Mirroring Satellite-based distribution

Egypt IMIA WG9, WG1 collaboration Connecting BMJ, Lancet and

Supercourse Citation system Customization system Evaluation model

Further collaboration Lecture sharing CD distribution Mirroring Supercourse development in

other area Collaborative research Lecture translation Business model development

How to join? Supercourse website:

http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/assist/join.htm

Email contact: EunRyoung Sa eunsa@pitt.edu Akira Sekikawa akira@pitt.edu Ron LaPorte ronlaporte@aol.com

GHNet-SupercourseWorking Group

Ronald E. LaPorte Akira Sekikawa EunRyoung Sa Fan Zhou Faina Linkov Mita Lovalekar Beatriz Rico

Verdin Eugene Shubnikov Deborah Aaron Thomas Songer

Ron Akira

DebMita

TomBeatriz Fan

Faina Eugene

EunRyoung