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Activities carry out by the PARTNERS under LEONARDO CTC project:

Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Olga Ferrer Roca, Catai Association, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Dr. Anastasia N. Kastania, Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics & Business, Hellas
Prof. Jaques Marescaux, IRCAD-EITS Hopital Civil, Strasbourg, France
Dr. René Cluzel, UNESCO
Prof. Thomas Mairinger, Institute of Pathology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Dr. Vincenzo Della Mea, Institute of Pathology, University of Udine, Italy

CATAI Activity Report

1. Congress: "VII Winter Couse od the CATAI & XII Course of Analysis of Image", Tipe of Paticipation: ORGANIZATOR-LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Male / Female Ratio 27/14, Date: 8-21 March 1999
2. Congress: ESEM 99 "TeleMedicine Teacheng and Licensure", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Barcelona, Date: 30 May-2 June 1999
3. Congress: ESEM 99 "Home care & Phone Medicine in Oncological Patients", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Barcelona, Date: 30 May-2 June 1999
4. Congress: XXVII Congreso de la Sociedad Canaria de Oftalmología, Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Date: 3-5 June 1999
5. Congress: "TeleInVivo Meeting", Tipe of Paticipation: ORGANIZATOR-LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Puerto Cruz-Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Date: 2-3 Sept. 1999
6. Congress: "European Health Forum Gastein", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Bad Hofgastein-Austria, Date: 6-9 October 1999
7. Congress: "17^th European Congress od Pathology", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Barcelona-Spain, Date: 18-23 Sept. 1999
8. Congress: "Telemedicine in the 21^st Century: Opportunities for Citizens, Society and Industry", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Strassbourg-France, Date: 4-5 Nov. 1999
9. Congress: USA ASKLEPIOS Exchange, Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Copenhagen-Denmark, Date: 12-14 Nov. 1999
10. Congress: "TeleInVivo Meeting", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Darmstadt-Germany, Date: 3-4 December 1999
11. Congress: "CHS Meeting", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Milano-Italy, Date: 30 Jan.-1 Febr. 2000
12. Congress: "VIII Winter Couse od the CATAI & XIII Course of Analysis of Image", Tipe of Paticipation: ORGANIZATOR-LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Male / Female Ratio 38/29, Date: 20 March-2 April 2000
13. Congress: "TeleInVivo Meeting", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Ponta Delgada-Azores, Date: 16-17 April 2000
14. Congress: "CHS Meeting", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Thessaloniki-Greece, Date: 28-30 May 2000
15. Congress: "Cirugía mínimamente invasiva", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Salón de Grados, Faculty Medicine. Tenerife-Spain, Date: 2, 9 & 16 June 2000
16. Congress: "XI Summer Course of the UNED",Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Denia-Spain, Date: 3-7 July 2000
17. Congress: "European Congress of Telepathology", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Dpt. Of Pathology, Univ. Innsbruch,  Austria, Date: 14 July 2000
18. Congress: "VIII Summer Course", Tipe of Paticipation: ORGANIZATOR-LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Paris-France, Date: 17-19 Sept. 2000
19. Congress: "3^rd European Health Forum Gastein: Health & Social Security", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Bad-Hofgastein-Austria, Date: 27-30 Sept. 2000
20. Congress: "10^th World Congress on Ultrasound & Gynecology", Conference: "3D Ultrasound reconstruction & Telemedicine. Image Analysis", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Zagreb-Croatia, Date: 4-7 October 2000
21. Congress: "VIII Congress of Medical Informatics INFORMED 2000", Communication: "Aplicaciones Tecnológicas en la Medicina de los Ciudadanos Domiciliarios", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Toledo-Spain, Date:4-6 October 2000
22. Congress: "VIII Congress of Medical Informatics INFORMED 2000", Communication: "Ultrasonografía Tridimensional y Teleconsulta", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Toledo-Spain, Date: 4-6 October 2000
23. Congress: "VIII Congress of Medical Informatics INFORMED 2000", Poster entitled: "Medicina Telefónica en Psiquiatría Infantil", Tipe of Paticipation: POSTER PRESENTATION,  Place of Meeting: Toledo-Spain, Date: 4-6 October 2000
24. Congress: "MEDNET 2000", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Bruxelles-Belgium, Date: 23-26 Nov. 2000
25. Congress: "XXI Congreso Nacional de la Sección de Ecografía de la Sociedad Española de Ginecología y Obstetricia", Conference: "Reconstrucción Ecográfica Tridimensional y su Aplicación a la Telemedicina", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: Barcelona-Spain, Date: 2000
26. Congress: "Telemed 2001", Communication: "3D Untrasound Images Reconstruction and Teleconsultation", Tipe of Paticipation: INVITED LECTURER, Place of Meeting: London, UK, Date: 15-16 Jan. 2001

Activity Report in Greece

1. Training in "Telemedicine applications for the islands", Number of Participants 20 unemployeed doctors, Number Teaching Hours: 300, Place: ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS & BUSINESS, RESEARCH CENTRE, Date: Jan-March 2000

2. Training in Telemedicine in "Applications of Information Technology in Health Care" in the Seminar of the Institute of Continuous Education, Number of Participants 20 employees/doctors from public hospitals, Number Teaching Hours: 25, Place: NATIONAL CENTRE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, Date: April 2000

3. Training in "Multimedia applications for Social Services", Number of Participants 20 unemployeed persons, Number Teaching Hours: 250, Place: ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS & BUSINESS, RESEARCH CENTRE, Date: April-May 2000
   Telemedicine topic was taught for 35hours.

4. Training in Telemedicine in "Telemedicine applications" in the Seminar of the Institute of Continuous Education, Number of Participants 20 employees/doctors from public hospitals, Number Teaching Hours: 25, Place: NATIONAL CENTRE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, Date: July 2000

5. Training in "Applications of Informatics in Medicine", Number of Participants 20 unemployeed persons, Number Teaching Hours: 300, Place: ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS & BUSINESS, RESEARCH CENTRE, Date: PLANNED FROM Oct-Nov 2000
   Telemedicine topic will be taught for 100 hours.

6. Dissemination of the Handbook in National Level
   In the official and distributed without charge (from Sept 2000) by the
   Greek Ministry of Education Student Book for the first class of lycceums
   (T.E.E) all over Greece
   entitled "Computer Applications" for Health

1. Intensive Laparoscopic Course (option urology), Number of Experts 27, Number of Participants 34, Male / Female Ratio 34/0, Number Teaching Hours 40, Date: January 31^st to February 4^th
2. Intensive Laparoscopic Course,   Number of Experts 32, Number of Participants 39, Male / Female Ratio 38/1, Number Teaching Hours 40, Date: May 22^nd to 26^th
3. Intensive Laparoscopic Course (option urology), Number of Experts 26, Number of Participants 34, Male / Female Ratio 32/2, Number Teaching Hours 40, Date: June 19^th to 23^rd
4. Intensive Laparoscopic Course Number Teaching Hours 40, Date: September 11^th to 15^th
5. Intensive Laparoscopic Course (option urology), Number Teaching Hours 40, Date:  October 9^th to 13^th
6. Intensive Laparoscopic Course Number Teaching Hours 40, Date: November 20^th to 24^th
7. Intensive Laparoscopic Course, Number Teaching Hours 40, Date: December 11^th to 15^th

Advanced Courses 2000

1. Colorectal Surgery, Number of Experts 23, Number of Participants 105, Male / Female Ratio 102/3, Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: Feb 11^th to 12^th
2. Laparoscopic Aorto-Iliac Surgery, Number of Experts 15, Number of Participants 33, Male / Female Ratio 31/2, Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: Mar 23^rd to 25^th
3. Gastric Surgery, Number of Experts 21, Number of Participants 64, Male / Female Ratio 61/3, Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: April 14^th to 15^th
4. Hernia Surgery, Number of Experts 16, Number of Participants 64, Male / Female Ratio 62/2, Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: May 19^th to 20^th
5. Morbid Obesity , Number of Experts 27, Number of Participants 62, Male / Female Ratio 38/0, Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: June 9^th to 10^th
6. Colorectal Surgery, Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: Sept 22^nd to 23^rd
7. Laparoscopic Aorto-Iliac Surgery, Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: Oct 2^nd to 4^th
8. Laparoscopic Urological Surgery, Number Teaching Hours  16, Date: Dec 18^th to 19^th

Nurses Courses 2000

1. Lap. Surgery & New Technologies, Number of Experts 13, Number of Participants 14, Male / Female Ratio 5/9, Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: March 6-8 2000
2. Lap. Surgery & New Technologies Number of Experts 12, Number of Participants 24, Male / Female Ratio 1/23, Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: June 5-7 2000
3. Lap. Surgery & New Technologies Number Teaching Hours 16, Date: November 6-8 2000
4. CATAI Courses 2000

• Winter Course (HESSOS) Number Teaching Hours 0.75, Date: March 2000
• Summer Course (Virtual Reality for Hepatic Surgery: A Surgical Vision for the 21st Century".) Number Teaching Hours 0.75, Date: Sept 2000

Activity Report in Austria

1. University Lectures, Number of Participants 10, Male / Female Ratio 5/5, Date: each semester (spring 2000,autumn 2000, spring 2001
2. Lecture on practical aproaches to telepathology in Tirol, Congress: 5th European Conference on Telepathology, Number Teaching Hours 0,25, Place: Aurich, Germany, Date: July 2000
3. Course of Telepathology Number of Participants 30, Duration: 3 days, Date: Jaunary 2001

Activity Report in Italy

1. Course of "Computer science", Diploma di tecnico sanitario di laboratorio biomedico, (short degree for Laboratory techicians), Professor: V.Della Mea, Number of Participants 15, Male / Female Ratio 2/13, Number Teaching Hours 25, Place: University of Udine, Italy, Date: Nov1999-Jan2000

2. Healthcare District of Legnago, "Continuing Education Course on IT in Medicine", Seminar on "Telemedicine applications", Professor: V.Della Mea, Number of Participants 80, Male / Female Ratio 50/30, Number Teaching Hours 2, Place: University of Udine, Italy, Date: December 1999

3. ENAIP, "Course on Teleworking", Seminar on "Telemedicine: principles and applications", Professor: V.Della Mea, Number of Participants 13, Male / Female Ratio 6/7, Number Teaching Hours 4, Place: Trieste, Italy, Date: January 2000

4. "Master in Economia e Gestione Sanitaria" (Master in Healthcare Business and Management), Seminar on "Medicine and Informatics", Professor: V.Della Mea, Number Teaching Hours 8, Place: University of Udine, Italy, Date: May 2000

5. "Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia" (Degree in Medicine and Surgery), Optional Course of "Basics of Computer Science and Telematics for Medicine", Professor: V.Della Mea, Number of Participants 20, Male / Female Ratio 4/16, Number Teaching Hours 20, Place: University of Udine, Italy, Date: June 2000