Medical Network EMN AG is an independent Swiss company formed to create a multimedia distance-learning service for the healthcare professions in Europe.
The company has successfully concluded a two-year "Field Trial" in order to test technical feasibility and market acceptance. This pilot project has been funded and supported by its own private shareholders, the European Space Agency (ESA) as well as strategic allies.
EMN made its market entry in autumn 2004 and currently is preparing its programme schedule for
autumn 2006.
Its concept has been supported by among others UEMO (European Union of General Practitioners) and UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists).
EMN offers
its members
a periodic menu of interactive multimedia CME distance-learning modules and courses, aimed primarily at Primary Care Providers (including, where appropriate, General Practitioners, Specialists in Familiy Medicine, Internal Medicine, Gynaecology, Paediatrics et al.) but also provides valuable teaching materials for doctors in training.
periodic interactive live “Virtual Conferences” (for “live-streaming”)
on-line specialist Internet courses "à la carte"
medical news and an agenda of CME events.
The network is designed on a broadband Internet platform, offering CME content
to regional servers and from there ("last mile") via DSL or cable networks for on-line or download to individual members homes or offices
