Our project is translational research and focuses on translation of information from the scientist to the classroom. Now it takes about 5-6 years for scientific information to work its way into the classroom.  If the scientific information was immediately put into PowerPoint, instead of years, it would take days to translate.

The fundamental underlying concept of the research center is that of telepreventive medicine. The birth of the discipline started a few years ago and has mushroomed in interest in a very short period of time. The British Medical Journal article our group published recognized its importance.  In the health arena, telepreventive medicine will form the backbone of our international health crossroads being build. Telepreventive medicine has a great potential to improve global health.

Many important medical discoveries are not readily shared with medical students, simply because it takes 5-10 years for information to migrate into medical school textbooks. Through the Supercourse, information can be shared more rapidly with medical students through their instructors.

Visit the Telepreventive Medicine Supercourse lecture at

http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec10431/index.htm

Instructions on how to provide a lecture for the Supercourse

http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec0391/index.htm