Good to read that people are getting interested in OLPC for health workers in developing countries. This is an issue I am raised on this list last year. There is a page on OLPC wiki that I have developed for this purpose. Will be glad to join any initiative<br>
<br>Adesina<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/18 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:health-request@lists.laptop.org">health-request@lists.laptop.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:38:46 -0400<br>
From: Samuel Klein <<a href="http://meta.sj" target="_blank">meta.sj</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Health] OLPC Health Projects<br>
To: Kirsten Austad <<a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Hello Kirsten,<br>
<br>
How did this project go over the summer? What tools did you end up<br>
using? I'd be interested in seeing such a program tried out with XOs,<br>
and in hearing more about your ideas for how to represent (and<br>
gather?) health information.<br>
<br>
SJ<br>
<br>
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Kirsten Austad<<a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello all,<br>
><br>
> ??? I have been on the OLPC health list before, but to reintroduce I am a<br>
> first year at HMS.? This summer I and another student will be working with<br>
> the PIH-affiliated program in Chiapas, specifically with the health<br>
> promoters who have asked for an easier way to use clinical algorithms for<br>
> diagnosis and treatment of common disease (already designed by a<br>
> physician).? Presenting these medical flow charts on paper is often<br>
> confusing due to the overwhelmingness of all the information on the page at<br>
> once, so we will be spending this summer looking at whether some sort of<br>
> technology could be used to make the clinical algorithms easier to use for<br>
> the health promoters.<br>
><br>
> ???? The director of our project Dr. Palazuelos has been working with groups<br>
> who are using PDAs for similar projects, but there are some worries about<br>
> the utility and sustainability of PDAs in rural Chiapas (power source,<br>
> durability, etc.).?? In thinking about how to get around these problems, we<br>
> thought of OLPCs whose design seems perfect for what the PDAs lack.<br>
><br>
> ??? I was wondering who we could potentially speak to about this issue and<br>
> whether OLPCs are allowed to, or have ever been used for, this sort of<br>
> "off-label" purpose.? Of course these are just preliminary ideas that we had<br>
> and wanted to check in about and brainstorm this as a potential solution, or<br>
> to see whether it could take us in a productive direction.? Any guidance<br>
> would be much appreciate, thanks so much for your time,<br>
><br>
> ~Kirsten<br>
><br>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
> Kirsten Austad<br>
> MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2012<br>
> BS, Medical Microbiology & Immunology and English Literature, University of<br>
> Wisconsin-Madison, 2007<br>
> cell: 608-209-1001<br>
> e-mail: <a href="mailto:Kirsten_Austad@hms.harvard.edu">Kirsten_Austad@hms.harvard.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a><br>
><br>
> "We should not go to the people and say, 'Here we are. We come to give you<br>
> the charity of our presence, to teach you our science, to show you your<br>
> errors, your lack of culture, your ignorance of elementary things.' We<br>
> should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn at<br>
> that great source of wisdom that is the people." ? - Che Guevara<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Samuel Klein <<a href="http://meta.sj" target="_blank">meta.sj</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Dear Kirsten ?and Julia,<br>
>><br>
>> There have been enough health related discussions and projects to<br>
>> warrant its own discussion list, and occasional meetings by phone and<br>
>> in person. ?You should start with that list -- copied here.<br>
>><br>
>> SJ<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Kirsten Austad <<a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> > Hi Mika and SJ,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ? ? Ben, thanks so much for putting us in touch! ?I am adding another<br>
>> > person<br>
>> > to the conversation, one of my classmates Julia who was extensive global<br>
>> > health experience and worked with the Partners in Health program in<br>
>> > Rwanda<br>
>> > and has lived in various places in the Americas. ?We were talking about<br>
>> > the<br>
>> > possibilities today of utilizing OLPC for global health, and are both<br>
>> > very<br>
>> > excited. ?We would love to meet with either or both of you--Mika and<br>
>> > SJ--to<br>
>> > discuss what you guys have thought about in the health applications of<br>
>> > OLPC,<br>
>> > what Julia and I have been brainstorming, and if there is someway for us<br>
>> > to<br>
>> > get invovled (both here in the U.S. or on-site).<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ? ? We are at the Longwood Medical Campus near the Brigham, but can<br>
>> > travel<br>
>> > over to Cambridge if that is where both of you are based. ?Our schedules<br>
>> > are<br>
>> > variable at this time due to Anatomy Lab, but if you two want to throw<br>
>> > some<br>
>> > days and times out there we can surely find one that works. ?Looking<br>
>> > forward<br>
>> > to it!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ~Kirsten<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
>> > Kirsten Austad<br>
>> > MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2012<br>
>> > BS, Medical Microbiology & Immunology and English Literature, University<br>
>> > of<br>
>> > Wisconsin-Madison, 2007<br>
>> > cell: 608-209-1001<br>
>> > e-mail: <a href="mailto:Kirsten_Austad@hms.harvard.edu">Kirsten_Austad@hms.harvard.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > "We should not go to the people and say, 'Here we are. We come to give<br>
>> > you<br>
>> > the charity of our presence, to teach you our science, to show you your<br>
>> > errors, your lack of culture, your ignorance of elementary things.' We<br>
>> > should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn at<br>
>> > that great source of wisdom that is the people." ? - Che Guevara<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz<br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:bmschwar@fas.harvard.edu">bmschwar@fas.harvard.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Kirsten,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I am writing to introduce you to Mika and SJ. ?Mika is an MPH (?)<br>
>> >> student<br>
>> >> at HSPH. SJ is OLPC's "Director of Content" or something.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Kirsten is an MD student at HMS. ?She has experience working in clinics<br>
>> >> and in education in Ghana and the Dominican Republic, and is interested<br>
>> >> in<br>
>> >> doing curriculum design and evaluation with OLPC. ?She has a travel<br>
>> >> grant<br>
>> >> through HMS (?) that she could use to travel to a deployment,<br>
>> >> implement,<br>
>> >> and evaluate such a curriculum... and that's just the beginning.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Mika wrote her MPH thesis on an ethical approach to determining which<br>
>> >> medicines are "essential" in developing countries. ?She has become one<br>
>> >> of<br>
>> >> the organizing leaders of the OLPC health projects.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> SJ is OLPC's "Director of Content" or something like that. ?He is<br>
>> >> responsible for OLPC's curriculum projects, and can definitely put you<br>
>> >> in<br>
>> >> touch with the right people in the right countries.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Some resources to be aware of:<br>
>> >> As of today, it is possible to buy an XO in the US for $400, $200 of<br>
>> >> which<br>
>> >> is a tax-deductible charitable donation (not that grad students<br>
>> >> typically<br>
>> >> itemize deductions...). ?Info about that program is available at<br>
>> >> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/xo" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/xo</a><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> If you think you need an XO for an OLPC-related project, but can't<br>
>> >> afford<br>
>> >> to buy one, you can apply to the Contributors program at<br>
>> >> <a href="http://projectdb.olpc.at/index.php?register=1" target="_blank">http://projectdb.olpc.at/index.php?register=1</a>. ?(For curriculum<br>
>> >> development, you probably don't actually need an XO.)<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The OLPC Health wiki pages are at <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health</a>.<br>
>> >> There's a great deal of information there, but it is terribly<br>
>> >> disorganized, and since it's a public wiki its contents reflect the<br>
>> >> priorities of many different authors.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> There is a mailing list for OLPC health-related discussion at<br>
>> >> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health</a>. ?That's a good place to ask<br>
>> >> questions, though you're also welcome to ask any of us directly.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> That's all for now, I think. ?Welcome to OLPC!<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> --Ben<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:31:44 -0400<br>
From: DancesWithCars <<a href="mailto:danceswithcars@gmail.com">danceswithcars@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Health] OLPC Health Projects<br>
To: Samuel Klein <<a href="http://meta.sj" target="_blank">meta.sj</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: Ben Oldfield <<a href="mailto:bjoldfield@gmail.com">bjoldfield@gmail.com</a>>, Kirsten Austad<br>
<<a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:jstone@conductingclinicalresearch.com">jstone@conductingclinicalresearch.com</a>, health<br>
and OLPC <<a href="mailto:health@lists.laptop.org">health@lists.laptop.org</a>>, Paul Commons <<a href="mailto:commons@laptop.org">commons@laptop.org</a>>,<br>
<a href="mailto:mika@yukidoke.org">mika@yukidoke.org</a><br>
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This also might be good case study for the book sprint<br>
in early September, Washington DC just before<br>
and including the 9/11 anniversary aka National<br>
Day of Service or similar...<br>
<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Class_Acts" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Class_Acts</a><br>
<br>
dwc<br>
<br>
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Samuel Klein<<a href="http://meta.sj" target="_blank">meta.sj</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello Kirsten,<br>
><br>
> How did this project go over the summer? ?What tools did you end up<br>
> using? ?I'd be interested in seeing such a program tried out with XOs,<br>
> and in hearing more about your ideas for how to represent (and<br>
> gather?) health information.<br>
><br>
> SJ<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Kirsten Austad<<a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hello all,<br>
>><br>
>> ??? I have been on the OLPC health list before, but to reintroduce I am a<br>
>> first year at HMS.? This summer I and another student will be working with<br>
>> the PIH-affiliated program in Chiapas, specifically with the health<br>
>> promoters who have asked for an easier way to use clinical algorithms for<br>
>> diagnosis and treatment of common disease (already designed by a<br>
>> physician).? Presenting these medical flow charts on paper is often<br>
>> confusing due to the overwhelmingness of all the information on the page at<br>
>> once, so we will be spending this summer looking at whether some sort of<br>
>> technology could be used to make the clinical algorithms easier to use for<br>
>> the health promoters.<br>
>><br>
>> ???? The director of our project Dr. Palazuelos has been working with groups<br>
>> who are using PDAs for similar projects, but there are some worries about<br>
>> the utility and sustainability of PDAs in rural Chiapas (power source,<br>
>> durability, etc.).?? In thinking about how to get around these problems, we<br>
>> thought of OLPCs whose design seems perfect for what the PDAs lack.<br>
>><br>
>> ??? I was wondering who we could potentially speak to about this issue and<br>
>> whether OLPCs are allowed to, or have ever been used for, this sort of<br>
>> "off-label" purpose.? Of course these are just preliminary ideas that we had<br>
>> and wanted to check in about and brainstorm this as a potential solution, or<br>
>> to see whether it could take us in a productive direction.? Any guidance<br>
>> would be much appreciate, thanks so much for your time,<br>
>><br>
>> ~Kirsten<br>
>><br>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
>> Kirsten Austad<br>
>> MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2012<br>
>> BS, Medical Microbiology & Immunology and English Literature, University of<br>
>> Wisconsin-Madison, 2007<br>
>> cell: 608-209-1001<br>
>> e-mail: <a href="mailto:Kirsten_Austad@hms.harvard.edu">Kirsten_Austad@hms.harvard.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a><br>
>><br>
>> "We should not go to the people and say, 'Here we are. We come to give you<br>
>> the charity of our presence, to teach you our science, to show you your<br>
>> errors, your lack of culture, your ignorance of elementary things.' We<br>
>> should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn at<br>
>> that great source of wisdom that is the people." ? - Che Guevara<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Samuel Klein <<a href="http://meta.sj" target="_blank">meta.sj</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Dear Kirsten ?and Julia,<br>
>>><br>
>>> There have been enough health related discussions and projects to<br>
>>> warrant its own discussion list, and occasional meetings by phone and<br>
>>> in person. ?You should start with that list -- copied here.<br>
>>><br>
>>> SJ<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Kirsten Austad <<a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>> > Hi Mika and SJ,<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > ? ? Ben, thanks so much for putting us in touch! ?I am adding another<br>
>>> > person<br>
>>> > to the conversation, one of my classmates Julia who was extensive global<br>
>>> > health experience and worked with the Partners in Health program in<br>
>>> > Rwanda<br>
>>> > and has lived in various places in the Americas. ?We were talking about<br>
>>> > the<br>
>>> > possibilities today of utilizing OLPC for global health, and are both<br>
>>> > very<br>
>>> > excited. ?We would love to meet with either or both of you--Mika and<br>
>>> > SJ--to<br>
>>> > discuss what you guys have thought about in the health applications of<br>
>>> > OLPC,<br>
>>> > what Julia and I have been brainstorming, and if there is someway for us<br>
>>> > to<br>
>>> > get invovled (both here in the U.S. or on-site).<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > ? ? We are at the Longwood Medical Campus near the Brigham, but can<br>
>>> > travel<br>
>>> > over to Cambridge if that is where both of you are based. ?Our schedules<br>
>>> > are<br>
>>> > variable at this time due to Anatomy Lab, but if you two want to throw<br>
>>> > some<br>
>>> > days and times out there we can surely find one that works. ?Looking<br>
>>> > forward<br>
>>> > to it!<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > ~Kirsten<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
>>> > Kirsten Austad<br>
>>> > MD Candidate, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2012<br>
>>> > BS, Medical Microbiology & Immunology and English Literature, University<br>
>>> > of<br>
>>> > Wisconsin-Madison, 2007<br>
>>> > cell: 608-209-1001<br>
>>> > e-mail: <a href="mailto:Kirsten_Austad@hms.harvard.edu">Kirsten_Austad@hms.harvard.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:keaustad@gmail.com">keaustad@gmail.com</a><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > "We should not go to the people and say, 'Here we are. We come to give<br>
>>> > you<br>
>>> > the charity of our presence, to teach you our science, to show you your<br>
>>> > errors, your lack of culture, your ignorance of elementary things.' We<br>
>>> > should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn at<br>
>>> > that great source of wisdom that is the people." ? - Che Guevara<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz<br>
>>> > <<a href="mailto:bmschwar@fas.harvard.edu">bmschwar@fas.harvard.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Kirsten,<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> I am writing to introduce you to Mika and SJ. ?Mika is an MPH (?)<br>
>>> >> student<br>
>>> >> at HSPH. SJ is OLPC's "Director of Content" or something.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Kirsten is an MD student at HMS. ?She has experience working in clinics<br>
>>> >> and in education in Ghana and the Dominican Republic, and is interested<br>
>>> >> in<br>
>>> >> doing curriculum design and evaluation with OLPC. ?She has a travel<br>
>>> >> grant<br>
>>> >> through HMS (?) that she could use to travel to a deployment,<br>
>>> >> implement,<br>
>>> >> and evaluate such a curriculum... and that's just the beginning.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Mika wrote her MPH thesis on an ethical approach to determining which<br>
>>> >> medicines are "essential" in developing countries. ?She has become one<br>
>>> >> of<br>
>>> >> the organizing leaders of the OLPC health projects.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> SJ is OLPC's "Director of Content" or something like that. ?He is<br>
>>> >> responsible for OLPC's curriculum projects, and can definitely put you<br>
>>> >> in<br>
>>> >> touch with the right people in the right countries.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Some resources to be aware of:<br>
>>> >> As of today, it is possible to buy an XO in the US for $400, $200 of<br>
>>> >> which<br>
>>> >> is a tax-deductible charitable donation (not that grad students<br>
>>> >> typically<br>
>>> >> itemize deductions...). ?Info about that program is available at<br>
>>> >> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/xo" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/xo</a><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> If you think you need an XO for an OLPC-related project, but can't<br>
>>> >> afford<br>
>>> >> to buy one, you can apply to the Contributors program at<br>
>>> >> <a href="http://projectdb.olpc.at/index.php?register=1" target="_blank">http://projectdb.olpc.at/index.php?register=1</a>. ?(For curriculum<br>
>>> >> development, you probably don't actually need an XO.)<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> The OLPC Health wiki pages are at <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health</a>.<br>
>>> >> There's a great deal of information there, but it is terribly<br>
>>> >> disorganized, and since it's a public wiki its contents reflect the<br>
>>> >> priorities of many different authors.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> There is a mailing list for OLPC health-related discussion at<br>
>>> >> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health</a>. ?That's a good place to ask<br>
>>> >> questions, though you're also welcome to ask any of us directly.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> That's all for now, I think. ?Welcome to OLPC!<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> --Ben<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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