Telemedicine for peer-to-peer psychiatry learning between U.K. and Somaliland medical students.

Objective: The proportion of U.K. medical students applying for psychiatry training continues to decline, whereas, in Somaliland, there are no public-sector psychiatrists.

Letter: Real-time, intercontinental dermatology teaching of trainee physicians in Somaliland using a dedicated social networking portal.

We describe the use of MedicineAfrica.com, an innovative social networking portal, to deliver real-time, intercontinental, case-based dermatology teaching to geographically scattered trainee physicians in Somaliland by tutors based in the United Kingdom.

An international, case-based, distance-learning collaboration between the UK and Somaliland using a real-time clinical education website.

We established a medical education website to deliver real-time, clinical case-based education to sites in Somaliland from the UK. The website was based on a web 2.0 social networking concept in order to recreate, as nearly as possible, the clinical bedside teaching experience.