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Scientific Papers Technology and Health Care 10 (2002) 443–560 IOS Press [1] Medical Conferences in the next millennium: Just point and click Ahmed M. Abou-Setta, Hesham Al-Inany, Ragaa Mansour, Mohamed Aboulghar and Gamal Serour IVF-ET Center, Egypt The agenda of medical conferences is overwhelmed with meetings in different specialties. Even in the same specialty, there are too many conferences being held all over the world, all at the same time. Physicians all over the world are expected to keep up-to-date, and attending conferences is of great importance to exchange results and ideas. However, with over 7,000 upcoming medical conferences in 100 countries, no one can attend all conferences in his own specialty. Moreover, less than 70% of the time spent at these conferences is productive. Shrinking research budgets and travel grants make it more difficult for physicians to meet at international conferences. In obstetrics & gynaecology there are more than 100 conferences scheduled for the year 2002. Recent advances in the computer industry, especially in both hardware and software, have provided a new accessible way for increased academic productivity. The most striking tool nowadays is the Internet. The Internet is a large collection of networks that are tied together so http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Technology and Health Care IOS Press

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Technology and Health Care , Volume 10 (6) – Jan 1, 2002
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Technology and Health Care 10 (2002) 443–560 IOS Press [1] Medical Conferences in the next millennium: Just point and click Ahmed M. Abou-Setta, Hesham Al-Inany, Ragaa Mansour, Mohamed Aboulghar and Gamal Serour IVF-ET Center, Egypt The agenda of medical conferences is overwhelmed with meetings in different specialties. Even in the same specialty, there are too many conferences being held all over the world, all at the same time. Physicians all over the world are expected to keep up-to-date, and attending conferences is of great importance to exchange results and ideas. However, with over 7,000 upcoming medical conferences in 100 countries, no one can attend all conferences in his own specialty. Moreover, less than 70% of the time spent at these conferences is productive. Shrinking research budgets and travel grants make it more difficult for physicians to meet at international conferences. In obstetrics & gynaecology there are more than 100 conferences scheduled for the year 2002. Recent advances in the computer industry, especially in both hardware and software, have provided a new accessible way for increased academic productivity. The most striking tool nowadays is the Internet. The Internet is a large collection of networks that are tied together so

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