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HI In Clinical Curricula?

HI In Clinical Curricula?. Maurice Mars Head, Dept of TeleHealth University of KwaZulúNatal South Africa. HI In Clinical Curricula?. What are we trying to achieve? Why do we think this is necessary? Is it relevant?. What are we trying to achieve?. Awareness vs Training vs

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HI In Clinical Curricula?

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  1. HI In Clinical Curricula? Maurice Mars Head, Dept of TeleHealth University of KwaZulúNatal South Africa

  2. HI In Clinical Curricula? What are we trying to achieve? Why do we think this is necessary? Is it relevant?

  3. What are we trying to achieve? Awareness vs Training vs Education Generic vs contextual

  4. The Problem 25 sub-Saharan African countries have 10 Doctors or fewer per 100,000 people Not enough Doctors to train Doctors WHO World Health Stats 2013

  5. Countrywide, 56% of doctor posts are vacant and 46% of nursing jobs unfilled.

  6. The Problem eHealth activities must not add extra steps to the normal workflow of overburdened doctors and nurses Not enough Doctors to train Doctors WHO World Health Stats 2013

  7. 10 Strategic Priorities

  8. Priority 7: Capacity and Workforce “... involves developing career paths, training and skill retention strategies in order to build up a workforce that can innovate, develop, deploy, maintain and support all eHealth interventions, especially health information systems and health management information systems.”

  9. Priority 7: Capacity and Workforce “Define a standardised eHealth competency framework for health workers and health IT practitioners providing an understanding of required eHealth knowledge, skills and attributes for each professional group.”

  10. Key Activity: Leverage partnerships and collaborations for Health Informatics training Outputs: Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) entered into with relevant institutions for partnerships and collaborations for Health Informatics training

  11. What have we done? Awareness vs Training vs Education

  12. What have we done? Capacity development In health informatics Postgraduate diploma Coursework masters PhD Fogarty International Training Grant >100 students in 9 countries

  13. HiBBs

  14. The Way Forward?

  15. AuthorPoint and Moodle

  16. 10 Strategic Priorities

  17. What are we trying to achieve? Awareness vs Training vs Education

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