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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of D Young
> Sent: 02 December 1998 21:18
> To: INTERNET:[log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Home networks
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> Trefor
>
> Any chance of mailing me on [log in to unmask] to talk about
> education and Informatics in Mid Trent. Your wisdom and experience needs to
> find its way out to the great unconverted (20pc round here can't hold a
> mouse). If we dont do something soon in terms of
> locality learning sets, I fear that small inner city UNCOMPUTERISED
> practices in this region are going to remain that way. GP-UK is fine, but
> most regular GP Edsoc participants have never heard of it .We're stuck in a
> Meditel System 5 Dumb Terminal timewarp and Decision Support still looks
> like expensive science fiction to many. This is the legacy of fundholding
> Sorry to go on the public list folks,but perhaps this has resonance with
> some of you in wider districts?
>
> Dave Young : - )
> GP Derby, CME Tutor Derby, NAGPT Hon Sec, Hon Lect Derby Uni (with
> electronic GP Masters)
The problem with the NHS information superhighway is that it will only be of use to those that can use it. The uncomputerised will
take years to begin to get any benefit. The computer illiterate, even if they have a terminal on theri desks do not have the time at
the moment to learn. There is also a lack of suitable teachers. Only about half of the tutors and course organisers in North Trent
have the skills to use the net effectively according to the preliminary results f a survey I have just done.
Who is going to train them all and with what resources, financial and human?
Trefor
Dr Trefor Roscoe
Beighton Health Centre
Queens Road, Beighton,
SHEFFIELD
GP Tutor Informatics - N Trent
Member of the BHIA
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