Development of a Standardized Curriculum for Nursing Informatics in Korea

Abstract

Objectives: This study explored the current status of nursing informatics education in South Korea and developed a standardized curriculum for it.Methods: Data were collected in two stages: first, an online survey conducted from December 2020 to February 2021 among 60 nursing schools to analyze the current status of nursing informatics education; and second, a two-round Delphi survey with 15 experts from March to April 2021 to determine the mean and standard deviation of the demand for each learning objective in nursing informatics education. A standardized curriculum proposal was developed based on the results of the two-round Delphi survey.Results: Nursing informatics was most commonly taught in the fourth year (34%), with two credits. The proportion of elective major subjects was high in undergraduate and graduate programs (77.4% and 78.6%, respectively), while the proportion of nursing informatics majors was low (21.4%). The curriculum developed included topics such as nursing information system-related concepts, definitions and components of healthcare information systems, electronic medical records, clinical decision support systems, mobile technology and health management, medical information standards, personal information protection and ethics, understanding of big data, use of information technology in evidence-based practice, use of information in community nursing, genome information usage, artificial intelligence clinical information systems, administrative management systems, and information technology nursing education.Conclusions: Nursing informatics professors should receive ongoing training to obtain recent medical information. Further review and modification of the nursing informatics curriculum should be performed to ensure that it remains up-to-date with recent developments.

Investigating perceptions and attitude toward telenursing among undergraduate nursing students for the future of nursing education: a cross-sectional study

“…However, previous studies have reported the inadequacy of telehealth education within nursing programs [ 43 ]. Furthermore, the undergraduate nursing informatics curriculum was reported to be insufficient, and there was scarce information on telenursing education in Korean nursing universities [ 48 ]. The lack of nursing informatics education may result in challenges for nursing students in fostering information technology competencies, potentially leading to difficulties in comprehending and utilizing telenursing.…”

Digital Health Education and Training for Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Students: Scoping Review

“…Fourteen studies [13,[91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103] focused on determining the status of digital health and/or NI integration in undergraduate and graduate nursing curricula using mainly survey designs [92,94,95,98,99,101,103]. Four studies focused on telehealth integration [91][92][93][94].…”

“…Delphi survey [95], Internet search [96,98,101], case study [97], questionnaires [99], curriculum review [100], mixed methods examining both NI and digital health [13,102], and one study examined the status of academic EHRs utilization [103]. Variability was noted across these studies, but overall, some studies that have implemented NI or digital health have noted improvement in students' learning outcomes post integration [91,93,96,97].…”

Empowering Healthcare through Comprehensive Informatics Education: The Status and Future of Biomedical and Health Informatics Education

“…Research on nursing informatics education programs includes studies such as the analysis of the status of nursing informatics education in 2000 by Park et al [37], and the development of a standard curriculum for nursing informatics in 2007 by Yom et al [38]. More recent studies include research on nursing education programs in 2016 by Jeon et al [39], and an analysis of the current status and curriculum of nursing informatics education conducted by the Nursing Informatics Special Working Group of KOSMI in 2020 [40]. An analysis of educational trends indicates an increase in undergraduate programs focused on nursing informatics [41].…”