Abstract
Objectives: There is an increasing need for a larger and better trained workforce in medical informatics. The goal of the American Medical Informatics Association 10 × 10 program is to educate 10,000 clinicians in medical informatics by the year 2010. Methods: We adapted an on-line introductory graduate course toward this goal. It was evaluated using Likert-scale and open-ended questions. Results: The course was successfully implemented and attracted 51 individuals, 44 of whom completed it. The evaluation was generally positive, with all but one Likert-scale above 4.0 on a 1-to-5 scale. Conclusions: We successfully adapted an introductory medical informatics course to a larger audience. The evaluation showed it was received positively and we have further plans to scale it to an even larger audience to meet the goals of the 10 × 10 program.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 377-382 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | International Journal of Medical Informatics |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2007 |
Keywords
- Biomedical informatics
- Distance learning
- Education
- Medical informatics
- Workforce training and development
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Informatics