History of the Transatlantic Health Science Consortium
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The consensus of the members was for our graduates to function as "transnational practitioners' they would need additional coursework in comparative health care systems including the political and economic issues surrounding health care practice. This unique course will be delivered by distance learning via the World-Wide-Web. This will then allow the course to serve not just as a resource base for biomedical sciences/clinical laboratory sciences, but also as the context for any future development of the other allied health fields for this Consortium.

Since the initial meeting the Consortium members have met several times:

• January 2000 – Caparica, Portugal at the Institute of Science and Health
  

• March 2001 - San Juan, Puerto Rico – 3rd Hispanic Congress of Health Related Professions
  

• March 2003 – Maastricht, The Netherlands at the Consortium of Institutions of Higher Education in Health and Rehabilitation in Europe (COHEHRE) meeting
  

• October 2003 - Toronto, Canada at the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP) and the North American Consortium for Nursing and Allied Health (NACNAH) for International Cooperation meetings
  

• December 2003 – Lisbon, Portugal at the European Community – United States of America Cooperation Program in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training grant recipients meeting.

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