MEDI INFO
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    THE ELECTRONIC NEWS LETTER OF THE SLMA
    MEDICAL INFORMATICS SUBCOMMITTEE
    Sri Lanka's First Electronic Medical Informatics News Letter
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    Volume 1: No 1: APRIL 1997
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    **Editors: Vajira Dissanayake (vajiradx@sri.lanka.net) & Shyam Fernando (shyam@sri.lanka.net)
    **Postmaster Senaka Rajapakse (lectmed@sri.lanka.net)
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    ***MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS

    Hi net folks !

    This electronic newsletter from the SLMA subcommittee on
    Medical Informatics is an humble effort to keep you folks
    informed of what's happening in this area and to provide a
    forum for doctors on the net to share the views and knowledge
    on computers and information technology.

    Please send us the addresses of your colleagues who might like to
    receive the MEDI INFO. All the addresses will be kept strictly
    confidential. No third party or any other organization will have access
    to the addresses without your approval.

    We hope that you will send us your comments, suggestions and
    views on how to improve this newsletter. Have you visited an
    interesting site you would like to share with the others.

    Send an e-mail to our postmaster. Use this forum to communicate
    with your colleagues in the cyberspace. Help us to build a
    database of e-mail addresses of all the doctors in Sri Lanka and
    bring them together through this news letter.

    Vajira & Shyam
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    IN THIS MONTHS ISSUE

    1. MEDICAL INFORMATICS SUBCOMMITTEE.
    2. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO?
    3. e-mail DIRECTORY
    4. ANY QUESTIONS ?
    5. SPECIAL COMPUTER COURSES FOR SLMA MEMBERS
    6. USEFUL INTERNET LINKS
    7. NARESA NEWS
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    1. MEDICAL INFORMATICS SUBCOMMITTEE.

    The medical informatics subcommittee was formed in January 97. Its
    members are:

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    Dr. Shyam Fernando (shyam@sri.lanka.net) - chairperson
    Dr. Senaka Rajapakse (lectmed@sri.lanka.net) - convener
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    Prof. M.T.M. Jiffry (jiffry@mail.ac.lk)
    Dr. Phillip Veerasingam (philavis@slt.lk)
    Dr. Devaka Fernando (devakaf@eureka.lk)
    Dr. Kumara Mendis (kumara@mfac.kln.ac.lk)
    Dr. Jagathlal. Wickramarchchi (ajith@slt.lk)
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    Dr. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake (vajiradx@sri.lanka.net) - ****editor, Medi Info**
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    Prof. Athula Ginige (athula@ee.uts.edu.au) - *** international advisor**
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    Mr. S.T. Nandasara (stn@ict.ac.lk)
    Mr. Erantha de Mel (eran@eureka.lk)
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    2. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM US ?

    A **questionnaire** will be distributed to find out your information service
    needs, i.e Hardware & Software support, Training, etc. Please cooperate
    with us by filling and returning the form.

    ***e-mail your suggestions to postmaster lectmed@sri.lanka.net

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    3. e-mail DIRECTORY

    The SLMA is compiling an e-mail directory of its members. Send your
    e-mail address to Senaka Rajapakse at lectmed@sri.lanka.net Please
    encourage your friends to sign up.

    **Include 'SLMA E-MAIL DIRECTORY' as the subject.

    ALL THOSE IN THE DIRECTORY WILL RECEIVE A COPY
    OF THIS NEWS LETTER MONTHLY.

    (If you do not want to receive it please send a e-mail to
    lectmed@sri.lanka.net with the message REMOVE ME FROM
    THE NEWS LETTER MAILING LIST as the subject)

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    4. ANY QUESTIONS ?

    Do you have any questions (about computers and computing)
    bugging you ? e-mail them to Vajira Dissanayake at vajiradx@sri.lanka.net
    They will be answered through the Frequency Asked

    Questions**FAQs** column to from next month.

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    5. SPECIAL COMPUTER COURSES FOR DOCTORS 

    What are the courses your want to follow ?
    Let us know. (lectmed@sri.lanka.net)

    Two courses will begin soon. They are on:

    1. Making Presentations on PowerPoint

    ** at the IDM-Interactive Training Division, Duplication Road

    2. Introduction to the Internet

    ** at the lankanet office

    Information about these courses will be made available
    through the SLMA soon.

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    6. USEFUL INTERNET LINKS

    THIS MONTHS HOT SITES - All Sri Lankan !

    Lanka Educational Academic Research Network (LEARN)
    http://www.ac.lk

    Lanka Academic Network (LacNet)
    http://www.lacnet.org/ 

    Naresa
    http://www.naresa.ac.lk

    CMJ
    http://infolanka.com/CMJhome

     
    Department of Clinical Medicine, Un of Colombo
    http://infolanka.com/clinmed

    Genetic Disorders & Birth defects-SL Collection
    http://infolanka.com/org/genetics

    Birth Research News (Kandy)
    http://www.naresa.ac.lk/instit/bmari.htm

    DON'T FORGET TO VISIT

    The all in one search site
    http://www.albany.net/allinone/

    Hospital Web
    http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalweb.nclk

    MEDLINE Search Site
    http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

    Doctor's Guide to the Internet - Doctor's Guide HomePage
    http://www.pslgroup.com/docguide.htm

    Problem Based Learning
    http://www.netspace.org/cgi-bin/lwgate/PBLIST/

    MEDICAL MATRIX - Postgraduate Medical Education
    http://www.slackinc.com/matrix/POSTGRAD.HTML 

    CNN - Health
    http://cnn.com/HEALTH/

    If you have interesting links**you would like to share with your

    colleagues** please send to vajiradx@sri.lanka.net

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    7. NARESA NEWS

    If you wish to receive NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS from
    NARESA then send your e-mail address to deepali@naresa.ac.lk
    with the message I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE NEWS
    AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM NARESA.

    INCLUDE ME IN YOUR MAILING LIST.

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    (lectmed@sri.lanka.net)
    please include the phrase MEDI INFO as the subject in all your communications.

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