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Renée Chin, Ph.D.
Independent/Joint Fellowship with Jack Higgins, M.D. The Global Telemedicine Project In many parts of the world, there are not enough doctors. The Global Telemedicine Project's Web-based videoconferencing system allow patients in developing countries to access care by volunteer ex-patriot or in-country physicians who remain in their own offices or clinics throughout the world. Beginning with projects in India, the Dominican Republic, and Vietnam, the system will be customized to each community's unique cultural norms, health practices, and technological challenges using an ethnographic approach. Bio
Renée Chin, Ph.D. is an ethnographer by profession and a social scientist by training. Her current interests are the intersections of technology, society, health, and the future. Her past experiences include organizational change, narrative analysis, public policy, non-profit program development,and teaching college. She has worked with the Institute for the Future and the former Institute for Research on Learning. |
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