Health Informatics Education in the UK Dr Paul Taylor UCL 1

Learning to Manage Health Information National framework for health informatics education for clinical professions covering: Protection of Individuals & Organisations Data, Information & Knowledge Communication & Information Transfer Health & Care Records The Language of Health: Clinical Coding & Terminology Clinical Systems & Applications eHealth: the Future Direction of Clinical Care

Level A: Undergraduate Level B: Postgraduate or Continuing Professional Development Level C: Clinical and related management development

eICE: embedding informatics in clinical education Free online learning resources covering the following themes: Introduction to Information Governance Access to Information and Information Sharing in the NHS The Importance of Good Clinical Record Keeping The Language of Health: Clinical Coding and Terminology Clinical Information Systems eHealth: the Future Direction Patient Safety and Health IT

eICE: embedding informatics in clinical education This elearning is accredited for CPD points by: Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Royal College of Nursing College of Radiographers many small bodies Also approved by UKCHIP

GMC: Outcomes from medical education 19. Use information effectively in a medical context (a) Keep accurate, legible and complete clinical records (b) Make effective use of computers and other information systems … (c) Keep to the requirements of confidentiality and data protection legislation … (d) Access information sources and use the information in relation to patient care … (e) Apply the principles, method and knowledge of health informatics to medical practice

PATIENT CENTRED LEARNING, STUDENT CENTRED LEARNING Year 1 - Fundamentals of clinical science 1 Year 2 - Fundamentals of clinical science 2 Year 3 - Scientific method in depth ( iBSc ) Year 4 – Integrated clinical care UCL MBBS programme Year 5 - Life cycle PATIENT CENTRED LEARNING, STUDENT CENTRED LEARNING VERTICALLY ORGANISED MODULES OVERARCHING THEMES PROGRESSION Year 6 - Preparation for practice Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment I imagine they will see this slide lots in the intro week. This is just to point out the vertical modules running through every year. CHECK DIAGRAM IS UP TO DATE Assessment Assessment Foundation Programme 8

Overview of teaching sessions Year 1 Introduction to e-Health Year 2 Confidentiality and data protection Year 4 Recording your consultations Year 5 Making clinical decisions Year 6 Empowering patients and doctors Go through the gist of each of these and why they are important 9

Reflections Is it a good idea to have a dedicated Health Informatics module? Pros: We ‘sort of’ control teaching GMC objectives met Efficient use of our time Cons: Not connected with students’ focus Hard to achieve practical outcomes Risk of being undermined

Other UK initiatives UG level: elements of HI in Medical, Nursing, Physiotherapy & Radiography training failed attempts to establish standalone BSc M level: some successful programmes Health Informatics specialism in the Graduate Management Training Programme proposal to include Health Informatics in the Clinical Scientist Training Programme