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Connecting Informatics with Clinical Education – Nic Bartholomew, BCU. Liberating the NHS: An Information Revolution: ‘as a key component of assuring data quality, national education and training in approved informatics standards will need to be available.’ (DH, 2010) Methods :
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Connecting Informatics with Clinical Education – Nic Bartholomew, BCU Liberating the NHS: An Information Revolution: ‘as a key component of assuring data quality, national education and training in approved informatics standards will need to be available.’ (DH, 2010) Methods: • 9 regional HEI’s surveyed • 10 healthcare professions • 186 students – online survey • 15 staff – online survey & interview Survey & interview designs informed by learning objectives identified in Learning to Manage Health Information: a theme for clinical education (CFH, 2009) NHS West Midlands Care Pathway Group Project, 2009/10 Question: To what extent are Health Informatics learning objectives embedded within HE healthcare curricula in the West Midlands? Aims: • To establish whether Health Information learning objectives are currently attainable through pre-reg healthcare programmes in the region •To establish whether graduates have the opportunity to be equipped with essential ICT and Health Information skills needed for health care practice in the 21st Century. N.Bartholomew, 2011
Dispersion between Relevance and Assessment: high = misaligned curricula Are HI topics relevant to your programme? Highly relevant Some relevance Limited relevance largely relevant but under assessed Are HI topics assessed in your programme? Formative Summative Unassessed
61% students would value more training on clinical information systems A training solution? DH will be releasing a suite of informatics modules to supplement the existing Information Governance Module 61% of surveyed students would value further training in the appropriate use of clinical systems with the highest proportion indicating that improved access and practice on systems would be most valued. 64% of respondents would also value having access to a simulated care information system on campus (e.g. SystmOne, Leeds) Also to be available as OER Project Recommendations Emphasise Health Informatics within Occupational Standards Simplify and articulate the LtMHI framework for educators Further reinforce links between faculty and practice partners in relation to HI training http://www.igte-learning.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/igte/index.cfm Information Governance Health & Care Records Communication & Information Transfer Data, Information and Knowledge Clinical Coding & Terminology Clinical Systems & Applications eHealth: the Future Direction Nic Bartholomew Senior Learning & Teaching Fellow Faculty of Health, BCU