| The 10th National Telemedicine Educational
Symposium was held on December 5, 2006 at Guangdong Provincial People's
Hospital (the Associated Southern China Hospital of Shantou University
Medical College) with great success. Organized by Li Ka Shing Foundation
and China Education Television and co-organized the Guangdong Provincial
People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, the Affiliated
St. Michael's Hospital of University of Toronto and University of
Toronto of Canada, the symposium video-linked to three venues at
Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital
of Guangxi Medical University and Shantou University through the
Internet. Mr. Li Ka-shing and chairman of Chinese Medical Association,
Academician Zhong Nanshan sent congratulatory letters to the Symposium.
Ms. Solina Chau, Director of Li Ka Shing Foundation, attended the
meeting and read Mr. Li ka-shing's congratulatory letter to the
audience. Professor Lin Shuguang, President of Guangdong Provincial
People's Hospital; Professor Li Yuguang, Dean of Shantou University
Medical College; Ms. Chen Li, Vice President of China Education
Television; Academician Wei Yu, Vice President of China Association
for Science and Technology and former Vice Minister of Education,
delivered speeches at the Symposium. Other guests attending the
Symposium included Dr. Katherine Lo, Project Manager of Li Ka Shing
Foundation; leaders from Departments of Education and Health of
Guangdong Province; Professor Chen Dechang, the founder of the Chinese
Critical Care Medicine; Professor Liu Dawei, chairman of the Critical
Care Medicine Division of the Chinese Medical Association; Professor
Xi Xiuming, chairman of the Chinese Society of Critical Care Medicine;
around 80 experts in Critical Care Medicine from all over the country.
Professor Arthur Slutsky, Vice President (Research) of St. Michael's
Hospital, and Professor Fabrice Brunet, Chief of the Critical Care
Department of the same hospital delivered lectures in Critical Care
Medicine at the Symposium. The lecture that Professor Slutsky delivered
was "Ventilator-induced lung injury: From Barotrauma to Biotrauma"
while Professor Brunet's topic was "Perspectives in Critical Care:
A patient-centered approach". Professor Liu, Professor Xi and two
experts also responded to questions raised by on-site audience,
as well as those from satellite venues.
The Symposium was broadcast live on the Internet; audience could
watch it online by clicking those links on the web. The symposium
had proved to be a great success, as the hit rate had reached 1.8
million by 17:40 that day. China Education Television recorded the
symposium and had shown it on Channel 1 on December 24.
The "International Visiting Doctors Program" of the Li Ka Shing
Foundation has generously sponsored nine previous national telemedicine
symposia since November 1999. For each symposium, different prestigious
international universities were invited to join Shantou University
Medical College in this national event. Participating universities
and institutes included Stanford University, Yale University, Johns
Hopkins University, Lund University of Sweden, the University of
Toronto, the University of Osaka, two French institutes, the Institute
of Myologie and the Institute Cochin, the Medical University of
Vienna, Austria and University of Hong Kong. For each symposium,
renowned international experts were invited to speak on selected
areas of medicine. Invited speakers delivered lectures with audience
participating in the question and answer session. The symposia have
helped to advance international academic collaboration and to enhance
medical education level of China.
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