Health Professionals Education in the Age of Clinical Information Systems, Mobile Computing and Social Networks

Health Professionals' Education in the Age of Clinical Information Systems, Mobile Computing and Social Networks addresses the challenges posed by information and communication technology to health professionals’ education, and the lessons learned from field experiences and research. This book is divided in three parts: "the changing landscape of information and communication technology in health care", in which it discusses how information and communication technology is transforming health care and the implications of these changes for health professions education; "experiences from the field", with real-life examples of health professionals’ education in and for the digital era; and "evaluation of students and programs", addressing the use of technology to assess learners as well as the complexity of evaluating programs to enhance competence in an information technology-rich health care world

Written by leading researchers from different parts of the world, the book is a valuable source for educators and professionals who are active or wish to be part of the health informatics field.

Brings an in-depth understanding and background on the challenges for education of the health professions brought by information and communication technologyProvides real-life examples on how technology is used in healthcare and how it can be used in educationPresents valuable information in a visually appealing format with tables and figures

Part 1: The changing landscape of information and communication technology (ICT) in health care: implications for health professionals’ education 1. Challenges in using clinical information systems 2. Patient safety and quality assurance thrusts in digital healthcare and their influence on clinicians and patients 3. The changing nature of the patient-clinician relationships 4. Patients’ use of ICT and its implications 5. Drowning in (big) data: self-tracking and the quantified self movement 6. Vison(s) for health professions education of the 21st Century

Part 2: Experiences from the field 7. Medical and other health professions’ schools for the 21st century 8. Training clinicians in informatics

Part 3: Evidence from research 9. Barriers to accessing technology for teaching clinical students, residents, and practitioners in and out of academia 10. Academic educator competencies in teaching exam room computing and informatics 11. Knowledge and attitudes of learners and teachers about aspects of healthcare in the digital world 12. Influence of interventions on presence and behaviour of learners and practitioners in social media 13. Digital natives and tourists in health IT 14. Integration of clinical and educational interventions: How when and where? 15. How to evaluate educational interventions to prepare health professionals for the challenges of the information age? (methodological focus)What have we learned? Findings from evaluation studies

Summary and Future Research Directions