Clinical health informatics education for a 21st century world

Abstract

This chapter gives an educational overview of: • health informatics competencies in medical, nursing and allied clinical health professions • health informatics learning cultures and just-in-time health informatics training in clinical work settings • major considerations in selecting or developing health informatics education and training programs for local implementation • using elearning effectively to meet the objectives of health informatics education. © 2010 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved.