Providing opportunities for further education in the Public Health field presents challenging opportunities in a age of technology. The ICMI Board struck a committee in the fall of 2008 to investigate opportunities for distance education. It became evident at the first meeting that there are numerous option ranging from live online computer courses to general correspondence courses.

It was clear that numerous course are currently available online through schools and universities, however, the costs for such courses would be prohibitive to Ugandan and other African nations. There may also be technology limitations within these countries.

In order to identify possible solutions for the target audience, a survey document was prepared. The survey was manually distributed throughout ICMI Uganda commencing in January 2009 and could also be completed online - the document being accessed through the ICMI Canada web site at www.icmicanada.com.

Survey questions targeted a number of key areas to enable the most suitable options to be identified. Once tabulated an action plan will be considered. The committee will complete its review and report back to the board with the results, possible options and recommendations.