TeachingScientific SupercourseGlobal Health Supercourse

ResearchBA Help Desk

Gil Omenn,FormerPresident AAAS

Vint Cerf, Father ofInternet

Ismail Serageldin, DirectorLibrary of Alexandria

Advisory Board

Ron LaPorte, Professor, Supercourse Founder

Francois Sauer,CEO, Trans Am Group

Transforming Education, Health and Research

SupercourseViral EducationDoubling Research capabilitiesmHealthTaking chances

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Distance learning compared to Classroom Learning

• 98% of education is from Classroom Learning• In 2030, probably 96% Classroom learning• Cost/student probably 1000 less• No evidence that you learn better with

traditional distance learning• Classroom learning has a 5000 year history

Imhotep,

the "father of medicine". The word "Imhotep" means "he who comes in peace'

Herodotus, after his visit to Egypt in the Vth century B.C., stated that Egyptians were, with the Libyans, the healthiest people. This must have implied a good deal of sanitation. Cleanliness, was religious as well a hygienic obligation.

Prevention in Egypt

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Teacher in Alexandria

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Supercourse Model: lecture sharing

Teacher in Cairo

Large Multidisciplinary Network

Open SourcePowerPoint Lecture

Library

Distribution System to EducatorsContinuous Quality Improvement

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What do we need to improve global health?

EffectiveCheapUbiquitousAcceptableSustainable

EffectiveCheapUbiquitousAcceptableSustainable

GLOCAL Health (Global to Local)

How can we improve science education worldwide?

Question:

Answer:

Get better lectures

Why don’t scientists share our most exciting PowerPoint lectures for free?

56,000 Faculty174 Countries

5500 PowerPoint lectures

Countries Participants

174 50,000

192 3500

43 <500(8,500 total)

Comparing Supercourse, WHO and CDC

Supercourse Mirror Sites

62 Mirror Sites, Egypt, Sudan, China, Mongolia, Russia

140 Chinese Medical Students

www.supercourse.cn

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If you would like a free copy of the supercourse to put on your server write to Super1@pitt.edu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z_CsRVbBCI

Institute of Public Health Research Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Disaster Supercourse

Ali Ardalan

For the Supercourse Team

H1N1 lecture• Lecture in 24 hours• Translated in 3 days to 11 languages include Arabic,Farsi and Hebrew•Reached 50 million• Became trusted source•Leading H1N1 lecture on web

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO)

Solution 2: Library of Alexandria help research design Help Desk

For every Biostaticianthere are 600 Clinicians

Problem: Very little statistical capacity in developing countriesResult 1: Poor research design and analysisResult 2: Limited scientific publication

Solution A: Train people in the USDifficulty: 100,000 to train Ph.D. > 50% stay in USResult: Impossible to build research capacity for budding scientists in Developing countries

Help DeskA Service the provides information and assistance concerning research methods

Academic Statistical Help Desk: Typically local, helping students in the University

Industrial strength Help Desk/Customer Service

All major industries, 1000s of queries per hour, global

Brilliant scientific Idea

How do I test it?

Global BA SupercourseHelp Desk for Research design help

Publication Rates

Help Desk Model

Client has a research methods question BEFORE beginning work

Email to country help desk

Difficult questions sent to Senior Distinguished professors

Help Desk aids in form design

When Data are collected aids in Guiding the analysis

http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/ResearchMethods/index.htm.

Help your self: One stop shop for Research Methods free books, apps, youtube presentations. Also >500 research methods Powerpoint lectures many translated into languages other than English

If you would like a free copy of the research methods site write to Super1@pitt.edu

Countries interested in establishing a National Help Desk

EgyptIndiaKazakhstan KenyaLebanonNepalNigeriaPakistanSudanTanzaniaUganda

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Mobile-Global Health = Reaching of Billions of people world wide to improve Global health and prevention using Mobile technology, and education

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Reaching the unreached:Disabled

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TeachingScientific SupercourseGlobal Health Supercourse

ResearchBA Help Desk