|
Medical University of Graz, Department of Dermatology, Austria
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Commission for Development Studies at the Austrian Academy
of Sciences
American Academy of Dermatology
Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia |
Africa Teledermatology Project
(Uganda, Botswana, Malawi, Swaziland, Burkina Faso, and
Lesotho)
Here you find our main
cooperation partners and the
members directory.
|
Telemedicine utilizes modern telecommunication technology
to provide medical services at a distance by connecting two
or several medical centers and enabling exchange of expert
medical information. Telemedicine has therefore a potential
to offer developing countries qualitative and quantitative
improvements in medical care. The inherent visual nature of
dermatology makes Teledermatology easily applicable to
virtual medicine.
African Teledermatology has been created to provide
dermatology support to local physicians, dermatologists, and
health care workers in hospitals and clinics throughout
Africa. This support is provided through Teledermatology
consultation services, discussion pertaining to diagnosis
and management of patients with skin diseases, links to
educational resources, and access to a dermatologic
curriculum created specifically for African sites.
African developing countries have only a very limited number of
qualified dermatologists. Teledermatology has therefore the
potential to offer a prompt channel for long distance
consultation and consequently provide means for improving
medical care of skin diseases.
The purpose of this project is to establish a virtual
collaboration between African partners, USA and Austria. A unique online archive of tropical skin conditions
will also emerge which should serve as an internet source
of educational material for training and updating of medical
specialists and health personnel. A secondary aim of the
project is to establish and secure an active channel and
platform for dermatological research collaboration. The scope of this project is the
integration of the various aspects of Teledermatology and
Tele-dermatopathology, using
a best practice model, creating an innovation- and
investment-friendly surrounding for the broad-scaled
implementation of telemedical applications in Africa.
This project has been funded by the
Commission for
Development Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences (KEF:
Kommission für Entwicklungsfragen,
Österreichischen Akademie
der Wissenschaften). (Originally Uganda-Austria Telederm
Project) and the American Academy of Dermatology.
|
|
New! |
NEW REFERENCE BOOK ON DERMATOLOGICAL
THERAPY!
Dermatological Preparations for the
Tropics. A formulary of dermatological
preparations and background information on
therapeutic choices, production and
dispensing.
By Peter Bakker Herman,
Herman Woerdenbag Vincent, Gooskens Ben
Naafs, Rachel van der Kaaij and Nicolien
Wieringa
Please log in and find the book and other information at
'Curricula'!
|
Mobile Dermatology Application for
the Africa Teledermatology Project
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
|
|
telederm.org is the homebase of
The Community for Teledermatology | Dermatology. The concept of Open Access
Teleconsultation in Dermatology has been introduced to provide and share user-generated content on a worldwide level. This goal is achieved by
establishing moderated user-content-driven communities.
At
www.telederm.org
users are invited to submit clinical and dermatopathologic
cases of interest to the discussion forum thus making them
available for viewing and comment by all other members.
dermoscopy.telederm.org is a forum open to all
members where they can discuss issues related to dermoscopy
and skin tumors. |
Makerere University, Uganda
Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda
2013-02-26
Twitter
follow us
Facebook
Visit Telederm on Facebook
|
[HOME]
e-derm-consult, Graz, Austria
[imprint]