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- Title
Training digital natives to transform healthcare: a 5-tiered approach for integrating clinical informatics into undergraduate medical education.
- Authors
Hare, Allison J; Ballester, Jacqueline M Soegaard; Gabriel, Peter E; Adusumalli, Srinath; Hanson, C William; Soegaard Ballester, Jacqueline M
- Abstract
Expansive growth in the use of health information technology (HIT) has dramatically altered medicine without translating to fully realized improvements in healthcare delivery. Bridging this divide will require healthcare professionals with all levels of expertise in clinical informatics. However, due to scarce opportunities for exposure and training in informatics, medical students remain an underdeveloped source of potential informaticists. To address this gap, our institution developed and implemented a 5-tiered clinical informatics curriculum at the undergraduate medical education level: (1) a practical orientation to HIT for rising clerkship students; (2) an elective for junior students; (3) an elective for senior students; (4) a longitudinal area of concentration; and (5) a yearlong predoctoral fellowship in operational informatics at the health system level. Most students found these offerings valuable for their training and professional development. We share lessons and recommendations for medical schools and health systems looking to implement similar opportunities.
- Subjects
MEDICAL informatics; MEDICAL education; UNDERGRADUATE education; HEALTH information technology; DIGITAL natives; MEDICAL students
- Publication
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 1, p139
- ISSN
1067-5027
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jamia/ocac209