Delivering live streaming nursing training to developing countries: Practical issues

Author

Rajasekera, Jay ; Mori, Yoshie ; Tsujimura, Hiromi ; Sato, Ikumi

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Int. Manage., Int. Univ. of Japan, Minamiuonuma, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2012

fDate

3-5 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

25

Abstract

Japan has been engaged in providing technical training to improve the nursing care in developing countries, often by sending experts from Japan. This paper addresses the practical issues when such training is to be provided via live video using Internet. Three countries considered include, Mongolia, Nicaragua, and Sri Lanka. The paper discusses technical constraints and some practical solutions to overcome such constraints when conducting remote training via live streaming video connection from Japan, using Internet.¹

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; video streaming; Internet; Japan; delivering live streaming nursing training; developing countries; live video; practical issues; remote training; technical training; video connection streaming; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Educational institutions; Jitter; Materials; Standards; Developing Countries; Live Video Streaming; Nursing Training; e-Learning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology in Medicine and Education (ITME), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hokodate, Hokkaido

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2109-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITiME.2012.6291238

Filename

6291238