Integration of Telemedicine in Graduate Medical Informatics Education

An essential part of health informatics is telemedicine, the use of advanced telecommunications technologies to bridge distance and support health care delivery and education. This report discusses the integration of telemedicine into a medical informatics curriculum and, specifically, a framework f...

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Published in:Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2003-07, Vol.10 (4), p.310-314
Main Author: Demiris, George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cost Savings
Curriculum
Delivery of Health Care - economics
Delivery of Health Care - methods
Education, Medical, Graduate - methods
Quality of Health Care
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - economics
Telemedicine - legislation & jurisprudence
The Practice of Informatics
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Summary:An essential part of health informatics is telemedicine, the use of advanced telecommunications technologies to bridge distance and support health care delivery and education. This report discusses the integration of telemedicine into a medical informatics curriculum and, specifically, a framework for a telemedicine course. Within this framework, the objectives and exit competencies are presented and course sections are described: definitions, introduction to technical aspects of telemedicine, evolution of telemedicine and its impact on health care delivery, success and failure factors, and legal and ethical issues. The emphasis is on literature review tools, practical exposure to products and applications, and problem-based learning. Given the rapid advances in the telecommunication field, keeping the course material up to date becomes a challenge for the instructor who at the same time aims to equip students with the knowledge and tools they will need in their future role as decision makers to detect a need for, design, implement, maintain, or evaluate a telemedicine application.
ISSN:1067-5027
1527-974X
DOI:10.1197/jamia.M1280