Informatics Education in Low-Resource Settings

Otero, Paula; Perrin, Caroline; Geissbühler, Antoine; Cheung, Ngai Tseung; Theera-Ampornpunt, Nawanan; Lun, K. C.

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“…This is the case of Mali and Centre d’Expertise et de Recherche en Telemedecine et E-Sante (CERTES). Staffed with a dozen healthcare and IT professionals, the CERTES trains healthcare professionals to use health IT tools, provide operational support for telemedicine activities and health information systems deployment, and run research projects financed by competitive funds ( 30 ). This same strategy is also being adopted in Cameroun.…”

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The RAFT Telemedicine Network: Lessons Learnt and Perspectives from a Decade of Educational and Clinical Services in Low- and Middle-Incomes Countries

Bediang

Perrin

Castañeda

et al. 2014

Front. Public Health

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Background: The objectives of this paper are to (i) provide an overview of the educational and clinical experiences of the Réseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine (RAFT) network, (ii) analyze key challenges and lessons learnt throughout a decade of activity, and (iii) draw a vision and perspectives of its sustainability.Methods: The study was carried out following three main stages: (i) a literature review, (ii) the analysis of key documents, and (iii) discussions with key collaborators of the RAFT.Results: Réseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine has been offering an important quantity of educational, clinical, and public health activities during the last decade. The educational activities include the weekly delivery of video-lectures for continuing and post-graduate medical education, the use of virtual patients for training in clinical decision making, research training activities using ICTs and other e-learning activities. The clinical and public health activities include tele-expertise to support health professionals in the management of difficult clinical cases, the implementation of clinical information systems in African hospitals, the deployment of mHealth projects, etc. Since 2010, the RAFT has been extended to the Altiplano in Bolivia and Nepal (in progress).Lessons Learnt and Perspectives: Important lessons have been learnt from the accumulated experiences throughout these years. These lessons concern: social and organization, human resources, technologies and data security, policy and legislation, and economy and financing. Also, given the increase of the activities and the integration of eHealth and telemedicine in the health system of most of the countries, the RAFT network faces many other challenges and perspectives such as learning throughout life, recognition, and valorization of teaching or learning activities, the impact evaluation of interventions, and the scaling up and transferability out of Africa of RAFT activities. Based on the RAFT experience, effective integration and optimum use of eHealth and telemedicine in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) health systems should take into account the context (resources, infrastructure, and funding), the needs of key stakeholders, and the results derived from theoretical and practical experience. The relevant items highlighted to illustrate the sustainability of the RAFT network and the analyses performed in this study, should serve as discussion basis for the development of eHealth and telemedicine in LMICs.

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The RAFT Telemedicine Network: Lessons Learnt and Perspectives from a Decade of Educational and Clinical Services in Low- and Middle-Incomes Countries

Bediang

Perrin

Castañeda

et al. 2014

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“…Developed countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom are working on expanding their healthcare technology infrastructure and further defining and increasing their HI workforces (Butler-Henderson et al, 2017;Department of Health, 2016;Health Workforce Australia, 2013;Kammermann, 2014Kammermann, -2015. The growth of HI in developing countries located within Africa, Asia, and Latin America has been curtailed due to lack of infrastructure within healthcare delivery systems and health information technology, educational opportunities, and a skilled workforce (Hersh, Margolis, Quiros, & Otero, 2010;Luna, Almerares, Mayan, Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quiros, & Otero, 2014;Oak, 2007;P. D. Otero et al, 2014).…”

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Health Informatics Educational Offerings through ALA-Accredited LIS Programs

Raszewski

Dwyer

Griffin

2019

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science

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Librarians who pursue a health sciences librarianship career may need an understanding of health informatics for their work with health-care professionals. Health sciences librarianship courses and degrees are available in most American Library Association (ALA)-accredited library and information science (LIS) programs, but health informatics educational offerings within LIS programs have not been previously examined in the LIS literature. ALA-accredited programs’ websites were examined to determine the availability of health sciences librarianship and health informatics educational offerings (e.g., courses, degrees) because ALA accreditation is a globally recognized accreditation standard. The institutions’ Carnegie Classifications and their programs’ iSchools statuses were also included in the analysis for benchmarking purposes. LIS programs may use the data from this study for benchmarking against other programs to compare their programs to peers, if there are gaps in their educational offerings, or to examine opportunities for expanding their current health informatics educational offerings and meet professional competencies.

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Virtualization of Health Care: The Role of Capacity Building

Lim¹

2017

Health 4.0: How Virtualization and Big Data Are Revolutionizing Healthcare

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Informatics Education in Low-Resource Settings

Cited by 7 publications

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The RAFT Telemedicine Network: Lessons Learnt and Perspectives from a Decade of Educational and Clinical Services in Low- and Middle-Incomes Countries

The RAFT Telemedicine Network: Lessons Learnt and Perspectives from a Decade of Educational and Clinical Services in Low- and Middle-Incomes Countries

Health Informatics Educational Offerings through ALA-Accredited LIS Programs

Virtualization of Health Care: The Role of Capacity Building

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