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Wednesday, October 09, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/10/2002100901t.htm Colleges in 16 Countries Work to Create Virtual Medical School KATHERINE S. MANGAN Led by Scotland's University of Dundee, an international group of medical schools is trying to create the world's first online medical school. More than 50 institutions in 16 countries have helped plan the International Virtual Medical School, which its organizers plan to open in the summer of 2004. The institutions include all five of Scotland's medical schools, at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St. Andrews. Initial financing for the project, amounting to $140,000, came from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. The virtual school would allow students around the world to pursue a medical education through a combination of computer-based learning and clinical experience in local health facilities. The goal is to counteract the "brain drain" of students from developing countries who, having left to pursue a medical education, often don't return....
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