May 13, 2008, 3:30 - 5 PM, Baltimore, MD

1. Overview of working group
2. Progress to date
3. Review of architecture
4. Implementers report
5. Participation
6. Questions

Meeting discussions

• Expert Systems - compare performance to expert
  • not necessarly a good idea, because experts skip steps. More idea of 'ideal student'.
• Design case topography based on target audiance.
  • Europe - Will have studies of which topographies/VP paradigms will work better for different target groups (med students, residents, CME).
  • Different structures for different audiences
• VP Business model
  • Sustainability -> Need $ to keep VPs up to date.
• Quality Control
  • Who is liable for quality of content (possibly leading to medical error). Can authoring systems/player be held responsbile?
  • Possible business model -> Have body that takes responsibility for assuring quality in exchange for fee.
  • Users take responsibility when using content - inclusion of possible disclaimer.
• IP issues
  • How to we tag (metadata) who owns/has authored the content at a granular level? (eg. someone takes only part of a VP and uses it in another VP)
  • Citation model?
  • DMR for VP? - Must remember, sharing still the main objective -
    • Different partners to accommodate from entirely open to proprietary content.