1. THE HL7 BRAZIL EDUCATIONAL EFFORT Marivan S. Abrahão, MD Executive Director Instituto HL7 Brasil

2. BRAZILIAN EDUCATION WG Coordinated by Prof. Renato M.E. Sabbatini, who is also Secretary of the HL7 Brazil Institute Began in 2011 a strong program for development of an educational infrastructure and systematic activities; Partnership with the Edumed Institute, a NGO dedicated to education technologies and with the Directorship of Professional Education of the Brazilian Society of Health Informatics (also led by Dr. Sabbatini).

3. COURSE FORMATS Face to Face Courses – Open enrollment – In company Conference tutorials Distance courses – Via Videoconferencing (real time) – Via Web (asynchronous learning) Blended courses Development of a Web-based LMS site (Moodle) Implementation of a webconferencing platform – Adobe Connect Live

4. COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Mailing list Google Groups discussion list Social media: – Facebook group – LinkedIn group – Twitter

5. www.hl7.virtual.org.br

7. INNOVATIONS IN THE ELC PROGRAM The ELC course was divided into 4 modules: – Introdcution, HL7 v2, HL7 v3 and CDA A self-evaluation survey was added at the end of each Unit; A Chat and videochat resources was added; A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) resource was added; A Student Diary was added; A Downloads area was added for distributing software and additional materials A general bibliography and list of Internet resources was added; A manual for tutors and a manual for using the videochat as a host were added; A Next Events box and a Calendar box were added, so that students can keep their deadlines in mind; A bulletin board box with news about the course was added; The final grade will be a weighted composition of the several grades along the course

8. PROCEDURAL INNOVATIONS The course was launched in a one-day, on-site event in São Paulo, featuring presentations on the course's subject, and with hands-on tour and instructions sessions on how to use the site; The event will be transmitted live via webconferencing to students who won't be able to participate; A midweek videochat will be held following each unit, before the deadline for activities and quizzes, in order to improve communication and motivation; There will be one chat area dedicated to each group, freely available for use by students, tutors, group work, etc.; Quizzes will have a deadline too; Groups will be homogenized according the profiling results (assessment of previous knowledge and experience of each student); Contributions to the forum will be optionally graded and followed up by tutors; A final term individual coding project will be added and graded; Students will be required to maintain a learning diary, which can be graded and commented by tutors; Reminders to the students will be sent out by email on the beginning and near to the end of each Unit; Students will be required to achieve a minimum grade of 75% in order to receive the final certificate.

10. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

11. REFERENCESREFERENCES

12. COLLABORATIVE WIKI

14. EVALUATION TEST

15. PERSONAL DIARY

16. DISCUSSION FORUM

17. OTHER COURSES Introduction to Certification of Electronic Health Records FHIR Standards and Nomenclature in Health Information Systems Strategic Planning of Health Information Systems Deployment The openEHR Standard Terminology Meaningful Use