Report of a 2003 workshop on the role of ICTs in encouraging continuing professional development in east Africa. It identified a number of preconditions for ensuring that ICTs contribute to more effective CME (continuing medical education)
Education in many West African countries is especially weak in rural areas where teachers are deprived of up-to-date information and other basic educational resources. As wireless services become a reality in some places, new multimedia technologies may become a possibility. [Publisher's abstract]