The first major meeting of IFKF will occur in Capadoccia, Turkey this September. I have heard a few people say that Canada is behind the US in cyber-medicine. As a U.S. citizen now living in Canada for 13 years, I guess I can see both sides of that question. Canada is a less aggressive, more polite and genteel country than the U.S. with a high standard of living and great tradition of compromise. The critical mass question is always there.
Recent statistics show that Canada has some distinct advantage in Internet resources.
In a year from now I would hope to have at least four major educational resources linked to cyber-medicine.org in the same fashion that we now link the Schrier Atlas to cybernephrology.org. I would also expect it to become a major force promoting the development of high quality Internet resources across all areas of medicine. Obviously, our initial goal is to get the word out about cyber-medicine. The rate at which the Internet is growing makes this a continuing process. Eventually, we would like to see cyber-medicine as a clearinghouse for information on technological developments in medicine and present this information in a manner relevant across medical specialties.