MERLOT OERC (Open Education Resources for Cancer) Portal in Development - OERC India

MERLOT is partnering with physicians and nurses in the country of India to develop a portal for cancer resources.  The website, still in development, is online at http://oercindia.merlot.org/index.html

I and several of my colleagues representing OERC will participate in the Indian Cancer Congress 2013 from November 20-24. As of today,  2700 attendees who have signed up for the Congress. On November 20, I will provide a pre-conference 90 minute hands-on workshop on the MERLOT OERC India portal.  I will also participate in two of the nursing oncology pre-conference sessions.

I look forward to meeting representatives from the Ministry of Health, nursing faculty, and students during the stay in New Delhi.  

There will be have a table at the conference to share information about MERLOT, OERC, and INCTR (International Network for Cancer Training and Research).

If any of the readers for this blog are interested in MERLOT or cancer and open education resources or OERC India, please:

• Join MERLOT
• Search for learning resources
• Contribute new learning resources
• Create Personal Collections
• Make comments about learning resources

EHR Simulation

I am in pursuit of an open EHR that nursing programs can use to build simulations.  I have explored proprietary EHRs for simulation and am not impressed (hope that I don't hurt anyone's feelings).  Nursing programs need something simple and easy to use.  Last weekend, a colleague sent me a couple of files from the QSEN 2010 conference and one was a presentation about an EHR simulation using an Excel workbook! The tabs at the bottom of the workbook provide views of different EHR windows.

I contacted the author, Debra Filer, and she has graciously given permission for me to use in this blog. I am including a screenshot below.  In the meantime, I am still looking for open EHR models.  I downloaded one that was developed for a rural world clinic, but have not gotten it to work correctly.  

Future of Nursing

The The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health book was released today.  It is available as a free download from http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx

Consider reviewing the IOM webinar discussing the findings described in the book. It was recorded this morning and will be available to view later.