SENIOR FELLOW

Biography

Lawrence Spero retired in the fall of 2005 to a new home in Gabriola, British Columbia. At the U of T, he was a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Director of Educational Computing, KMDI’s Associate Director, Technology, and Manager of the Bell University Health Communications Lab of the Faculty of Medicine. Long an advocate for computer-enhanced education, Professor Spero was instrumental in introducing computer technology and handheld computers/PDA’s as alternative tools for students learning in many aspects of healthcare education. He has written numerous scientific papers on the topic, was an IBM consulting scholar for five years, and has offered consultancies to several institutions, including the Institute of Academic Technology (University of North Carolina), the Toronto School Board’s “Asia Pacific Project” and Mentor Inc., and served as a member of numerous University Task Forces on computing, including more recently the Task Force on Intellectual Property relating to Instructional Media. He is maintaining his ties with KMDI and the university by serving on the ePresence Advisory Board and is still involved in a physician/patient education-related website projects. He is currently on the steering committee of the on-line question bank project of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC), and is consulting to the Medical Council of Canada.

Keywords
Healthcare PDA KTP (Knowledge Translation)