Informatics Competencies

Frameworks

• Skills
• Knowledge
• Experience - Ways to achieve the skills, knowledge, attitudes, e.g., Life long learning
• Attitudes

References

List of papers dealing with Informatics (login required)

IMIA recommendations on education in health and medical informatics

Covvey/Zitner/Bernstein competencies and curricula in health informatics -- covers applied health informatics, research and development health informatics, and clinician health informatics:

Public health informatics competencies -- compiled under the leadership of the University of Washington

Staggers, N., Gassert, C. A., & Curran, C. (2001). Informatics competencies for nurses at four levels of practice. Journal of Nursing Education, 4(7), 303-316. (haven’t found an electronic version yet, but Patti tells me that that is the definitive nursing informatics document, and worth reviewing)

Canadian National Nursing Informatics Project Discussion Paper

Medical Library Association Platform for Change/ educational policy statement: Health information knowledge and skills (competencies)