Emerge Inc.

Portfolio en technnologies de l'information

	Creation-coordination of online professional services Coordinator of new technologies in education, CPD followed by the CPASS ^{Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal (Qc, Canada)} Purchase & assembly of server material Systems administration: Linux Redhat AS, Fedora : installation, configuration, security, updates, automatic backups, user account management… Hardware management: needs assessment, Internet server component updates, connection to internal network or university intranet… Coordination of a team of programmers, a graphic designer and casual interns, according to project needs. Online since 2003 and offering services to a multinational clientele (North-America, Australia, Europe…)
	Coordinator of Virtual Health Campus project From 2003 to 2005, on behalf of the CPD ^{Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal (Qc, Canada)} Consortium consisting of the University of Montreal, McGill University, University of Laval, Sherbrooke University and UQAM, creating a unique online portal designed for continuing studies in the healthcare field. IT needs assessment in the Faculties of medicine Assessment of new technologies in the e-learning market Human and technological resource assessment in view of the creation and implementation of yet-nonexistent technological tools
	Installation-customization of Open-Source software Numerous projects online since 2003: hosts at CPASS & CPD, integration, personalization, and freeware ^(OpenSource) online support, collaboration, CMS, surveying… Tikiwiki IRNPQEO Community of practice Community of practice (2) Moodle IUGM ECIP Online Video conferencing (Integration with Elluminate®) Dokeos & Red5 Online Video conferencing Wordpress Patient partner dotProject E-projet management Drupal Sakai Limewire Technologies used: PHP, MySQL, JAVA, Perl … Various interfaces with system environment: sendmail, gzip, image editor…
	Self Assessment Program ^online Online since 2004 The concept of Self-Assessment Programs is approved by the Royal College of Specialist Physicians of Canada: Helps in detecting certain weaknesses or updates necessary in personal knowledge Refers to literature, training opportunities… A collaboration with the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia of the Canadian Society of Anesthesiology More information Technologies: object-oriented Perl, MySQL, sendmail, gzip, Gd Graphics Library (libgd)
	Script concordance test ^online Online since 2005: Dept. Neurology and neurosurgery ^{University of McGill} Faculty of health sciences ^{University of Adelaide} Miami jewish Home & Hospital at Douglas Gardens OCPD, School of Medicine and Public Health ^{University of Wisconsin} ... The Script Concordance Test explores clinical reasoning in contexts of uncertainty: Authentic complex professional contexts (various possible solutions…) Assessment is essentially based on answers provided by members of a reference panel in the field studied Some included features: Multimedia file management: image redimensioning-compression, Flash® and other video and audio formats Export-import of all data (MS-Excel spreadsheets, files & folders, reports…) Re-usability of pedagogical content Possibility to combine printed SCT data with an online editor, as well as using MS-EXCEL Technologies used: object-oriented Perl, MySQL, sendmail, gzip, Gd Graphics Library (libgd) Other variant of software used in continuing studies in medicine: CME ^{Memorial of the Newfoundland} In progress: API to direct the SCT (and other technological services of CPASS) using remote software (for instance: via partner universities) Technologies used: "Web services" based on JAVA-SOAP-XML.
	Script concordance test with image maps ^online Online since 2005: Dept. of Radio-Oncology ^{University of Montreal} Dept. Hematology ^{University de Montreal} Dept. of Medicine & Pharmacy ^{University of Casablanca} Other démonstrators: SCT image v2: (automated correction assimilating mouse clicks in an area of 20x20 pixels) SCT image v2.2: (manual correction: the administrator must designate the image area) 1st internet tool with pedagogical purposes analyzing participant interaction on image: Perception: candidates must first detect a radiological anomaly (interactive images) Association: secondly, they must associate to it a radiological semiology The system provides for both automated and manual corrections (with professor supervision) Technologies used: JAVA Servlet & JSP (Object oriented), MySQL
	Online self-registration system Online from 2008 to 2009 Online self-registration system designed for professors and medical residents seeking to acquire pedagogical experience Included features: Auto-confirmation by e-mail Data export to MS-Excel format e-newsletter of available training Reminder e-mails to registered participants Technologies used: Perl (object orientd), MySQL, sendmail, gzip
	The communities of practice ^Online Online since 2004: CoP of Gériatrics ^{Saint-Luc Hospital, CHUM} Central Skills Council ^{University of Montreal} UMF Research Network ^{University of Montreal} AGIRPREV ^{with Sanofi-Aventis} … Web platform supporting the concept of Communauties of practice (knowledge exchanges, joint objectives, inter-professional collaboration…) Various services such as collective and private virtual libraries, forums, e-mail… Structured data export: ZIP containing folders and files Technologies used: object-oriented Perl, MySQL, sendmail, gzip
	Remote assistance QUARISMA Online since 2006 Web platforms supporting research concepts of the QUARISMA project (far-reaching research project on the provincial scale assessing the quality of obstetric care, obstetric and delivery mode risk management) Increased system security: SSL connexion, personalized interface for user groups, inter-user and inter-group data partitioning Remote assistance to various parties (physicians, nurses…) Training and information support: virtual libraries, dynamic web pages Data export into HTML, MS-Excel and associated file folders e-mail, activity and progress reports… Technologies used: object-oriented Perl, MySQL, sendmail, gzip
	Online training module Project finalized in 2003 Arose out of a collaboration with continuing education center in medicine at Aventis^Canada & the CPD ^{Faculty de medicine, University de Montreal} Online training modules with assessment tests targeting the most effective training tool for brief continuing education sessions: audio-conferencing, CD-ROM, printed material… Participants are informed via e-mail at various stages of their training process (pre-evaluation, immediate then later post-evaluation) Results compilation with cross-referencing on biographical information, geographical context… Data export onto CSV format (text) Technologies used: Perl (object-oriented), sendmail, gzip
	Academic projects ^{DESI & au DIRO of the university of Montreal} Client-server chatting systems in Java managing 3 connection technologies: Desktop software using Java Swing allowing the use of Socket & RMI connection or via an Internet browser (client-side) and Servlet (server-side) Desktop software for Web search and file sharing (client-server system replicating the popular Napster software model)