Thank you Neil for the follow up on this topic.
I am perplexed by the fact that there are only three responses ... one is mine ... two are from Dr. Siderius who first posted the discussion of the resource and its link.
Am I to think that there is little interest from CHIFA & HIFA members? Is it possible that there is so much information out in cyberspace that this resource is already known and in use by all those who care for
children?
Or is no one using it and not interested in it?
It has been available for almost 2 years.
What feedback can we get from those who are using the resource?
There are a very large number of very practical, digital resources for front line clinicians, whether they are rural/urban, office/hospital based. This is just one.
One response that came through to me personally after Dr. Siderius' posting, was from Cameroon. There, the plan is to print the document. But that doesn't make sense in this digital age. Printing on paper is expensive and if the plan is to share the document around the country, it would be prohibitively expensive to do so. Digital sharing makes much more sense.
The document is 9mb. It can easily be downloaded to laptops or phones.
Lets get some feedback from health professionals of all levels as to the merits of this document.
If you have been using the document already, let us know.
If you are just starting to use it, let us know how useful it is after you've had a chance to consult it for a while.
This whole issue of Health Information For All is such a wonderful idea, but we have very little feedback from HIFA/CHIFA members about how health information is actually utilized.
And let's hear from clinicians (health officers all the way to sub-specialist pediatricians) about other resources they use AND other digital resources they would like to have about other clinical topics.
What do you need as reference in your digital library? Perhaps HIFA/CHIFA can help you serve the people you serve.
Mickey Rostoker
CHIFA profile: Mickey Rostoker, MD, FCFP, is Associate Clinical Professor, Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada. He is a HIFA Country Representative: http://www.hifa.org/people/country-representatives http://www.hifa.org/support/members/mickey mrostoker AT gmail.com
