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Psychiatrists meet on the web: the chance for a virtual congress. Results and experiences from the First International Internet Congress on Psychiatry 1997

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

A. Batra ,
M. Bartels ,
L. Aicher ,
T. Hefler  and
G. Buchkremer
A. Batra
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
M. Bartels
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
L. Aicher
Affiliation:
Department of Information Technology, University of Tuebingen, Osianderstr 24, 72076Tuebingen, Germany
T. Hefler
Affiliation:
Department of Information Technology, University of Tuebingen, Osianderstr 24, 72076Tuebingen, Germany
G. Buchkremer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Summary

From December 1–31, 1997, the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in co-operation with the Department of Information Technology, University of Tübingen, Germany, organised the first virtual congress on psychiatry in the Internet. The congress was aimed at facilitating exchange of results of psychiatric studies and ideas and at stimulating discussion among interested colleagues. Almost 100 participants from 17 countries on four continents took part in this event. Sixteen contributions were presented and discussed. The problems and opportunities of this medium in the organisation and running of congresses are presented and discussed. The experience gained in this congress suggests that the Internet will find increasing use as a medium for medical congresses within the next few years.

Keywords

Internetpsychiatrycommunicationcomputercongress
Type
European Psychiatry News
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 57 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1999

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