Preliminary report: First GAME Regional Meeting in Latin America (Buenos Aires, November 6, 2014)

The central topic for the event was online CME. More than 100 live and remote attendees participated in the meeting, coming from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, other Latin American countries, as well as USA, Spain and Italy. The event was organized by Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA) and GAME, and supported by the Rome CME/CPD Group. The organizing committee was composed by Analía Baum, (HIBA), Jann Balmer (GAME), Fernán González Bernaldo de Quirós (HIBA), Alvaro Margolis (GAME) and Gisela Schwartzman (HIBA). Both live and remote participation was free of charge. Remote participation was via an internet-based videoconferencing system, and extended by exchange via twitter. Please see: https://storify.com/ayelenra/ceticshi.

Some of the topics covered included:

• Knowledge transfer from research in to practice with the use of information and Communications Technologies (ICT).
• Pedagogical theoretical framework for online CME.
• Just-in-time CME using the electronic health record.
• Online CME and International Professional Networks. Theory and applications.
• Accreditation of online CME.
• International experiences in online CME.

There were distinguished speakers from the Latin American Region, the United States of America and Spain. This successful experience opened the path for future events and collaboration across the Latin American Region and with GAME.