Health informatics in the undergraduate curriculum.

Experience in Teaching C++11 within the Undergraduate Informatics Curriculum

C++ is the most commonly used language in introductory and intermediate programming courses in Bulgarian universities. In recent years this language has developed greatly. Its abstractions are more flexible and affordable than ever before. Such great number of changes are related to the launch of the new standard (known as C++11) that we have grounds to consider it even a new language. It is in...

Medical informatics in an undergraduate curriculum: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND There is strong support for educating physicians in medical informatics, and the benefits of such education have been clearly identified. Despite this, North American medical schools do not routinely provide education in medical informatics. METHODS We conducted a qualitative study to identify issues facing the introduction of medical informatics into an undergraduate medical curri...

Assessment-based health informatics curriculum improvement

OBJECTIVE Informatics programs need assurance that their curricula prepare students for intended roles as well as ensuring that students have mastered the appropriate competencies. The objective of this study is to describe a method for using assessment data to identify areas for curriculum, student selection, and assessment improvement. MATERIALS AND METHODS A multiple-choice examination cov...

Designing Master Curriculum of Nursing Informatics in Iran

Introduction: In recent decades, nursing education is developing and expanding rapidly as a part of higher education system around the world. Despite tremendous advances in medical sciences in Iran, nursing informatics is still in its early years. Starting this field is necessary for nursing services. It can be used in educational, research, clinical and managerial issues. This study aimed at d...

Canadian medical schools slow to integrate health informatics into curriculum.