Professionals working in the area of health sciences information can submit their experiences on eHealth in the Americas, by August 30th, in a poster format for the 9th Regional Congress of Information in Health Sciences (CRICS9). The CRICS9 will be held 22-24 October 2012, in Washington, DC, United States.
Those interested should send a descriptive abstract of an experience, project or research study in the template available in the website of the Congress starting August 1st. Submissions can be presented in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
The abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee of CRICS9, according to criteria such as the quality of the information and relevance to the five themes and subtopics of the Congress.
The slogan of CRICS9 is “eHealth: reaching universal access to health”. During three days the participants of CRICS9 will be contributing through plenary sessions, round tables, panels, and workshops. The event will be preceded by the 6th Meeting of Regional Coordination of the Virtual Health Library (BVS6), to be held 20-21 October, also in Washington.
The Regional Congress of Information in Health Sciences (CRICS) is the most important forum for the exchange of information on programs, projects, systems, and networks of information and scientific communication in health in the region of the Americas. Among these programs are the Virtual Health Library (VHL) and the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH). CRICS is organized by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), through its Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME).
More information:
- CRICS9 The Web: http://www.crics9.org/en/
- CRICS9 Twitter: http://twitter.com/crics9
- CRICS9 Facebook: http:/www.facebook.com/crics9
- BIREME: http://new.paho.org/bireme/
- PAHO: http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?lang=en
