Distance Learning at KUMCRyan J. SpauldingDirectorKU Center for Telemedicine & TelehealthKansas University Medical Center

Distance Learning Infrastructure

Same basic video equipment as used for telemedicine

Telemedicine most often conducted hospital-to-hospital

For specialty care Current expansion into practice settings Video equipment becoming smaller, more

diffuse, more mobile and less expensive

Medical Students

Can interactively participate in lectures or mentoring from distant locations

Can sit with primary care physicians during a telemedicine consultation

Can accompany a specialist from KUMC during a consultation

Medical Residents

Can provide telemedicine services as component of residency training

Currently being done in pediatrics and adult psychiatry

Elluminate Live!

Available at KUMC Up to 35 concurrent users Live, 2-way audio Video capable, not currently at KUMC Whiteboard http://www2.kumc.edu/ir/tlt/services/conf.html

Contact InformationRyan J. Spaulding, PhD

(913) 588-2081

rspaulding@kumc.edu