Michael Downey, OpenHealthNews
“Earlier this year, OpenMRS participated once again in Google Summer of Code, a worldwide program organized by Google’s Open Source Programs Office to expose university students to the world of free and open source software, and encourage those students to become long-term contributors to projects that interest them.
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Jennifer Dennard, EMR and EHR
“I’ve had the good fortune in the past year or two to watch one of my daughters’ favorite babysitters blossom into a full-time nursing student at the University of West Georgia. Not only do my girls benefit from her great bedside manner, including an infinite amount of patience, but I get an occasional inside glimpse into the world of digital medical record keeping in the greater Atlanta area.
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Technology for Doctors Online
“Self-described geek, Dr. Gerard Farrell (pictured), director of the E-Health Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, is working and advocating with medical teaching faculty and staff to reconsider how they are using and teaching technology, including electronic medical records (EMR).
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Marla Durben Hirsch, FierceEMR
“It appears our neighbors to the north are going through similar growing pains regarding electronic health record adoption by older doctors, according to a new survey.
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The Canadian Press
“Canada’s future doctors are keen to embrace electronic record-keeping when they enter the workforce, a survey indicates.
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Bowers AM et al, Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 2011
The advent of the electronic medical record has brought a new challenge to nursing education. Although most nursing students are proficient in data entry and computer skills, they often do not comprehend how the information they enter becomes a vital component of interdisciplinary team communication. Furthermore, the electronic medical record becomes a repository for information that can be retrieved for the purpose of decision support. Developed by the Cleveland Clinic, the Deans’ Roundtable, and University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Student Nurse Portal provides a means of assisting the student to understand how data entered into the computer transforms into information and knowledge, resulting in the wisdom that enables healthcare workers to provide optimal patient care.
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Brian Eastwood, HealthITExchange
“Medical students working in a hospital setting must be trained on many things, but one job requirement that is often forgotten is electronic health record (EHR) use. The consequences of neglecting this training reach far and wide, from medical errors to data breaches (unintentional or otherwise).
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Karen Carroll and Cheryl Parker, HIMSS News
“A group of end users who are often overlooked when designing EHR training is students. Students in all of their various forms: nursing students, medical students, respiratory, pharmacy, PT/OT, and the list goes on. This article looks at both the literature and real-world situations that will help in planning for this sometimes invisible group.
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The MedBonsai
“Here is where Second Life a free 3D virtual world where users can socialize and connect, could have an important role in medical education. Imagine the following scenario. You read about treatments for Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Respiratory Failure, STEMI, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure etc you name it. Once you read about it instead of having your usual, boring and annoying test your test becomes a 3d Virtual game where you get to exercise your knowledge.
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Datanews
“De meer dan honderd afstuderende Leuvense studenten huisarts roepen in een mededeling alle producenten van het Elektronisch Medisch Dossier (EMD) op werk te maken van een gebruiksvriendelijk systeem om ziektebeelden op gecodeerde wijze te registreren.
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Norma Morganti, Government Health IT
“This spring, students graduating workforce training programs at 84 community colleges across the country will be ready to help primary care physicians deploy and meaningfully use EHRs for patient benefit.
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Valerie Watzlaf, Advance
“As an educator and researcher in health information management and epidemiology, I have spent many years examining the quality of documentation in the medical record for risk factors and other data elements that may be linked to specific diseases.
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Thompson LA et al, J Med Internet Res, 13(1)
Background:
Social networking site use is increasingly common among emerging medical professionals, with medical schools even reporting disciplinary student expulsion. Medical professionals who use social networking sites have unique responsibilities since their postings could violate patient privacy. However, it is unknown whether students and residents portray protected health information and under what circumstances or contexts.
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Carolyne Krupa, amednews
“Social networking websites and blogs can be an effective and efficient way to communicate, but the AMA is advising physicians and medical students to proceed with caution.
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Cynthia Artin, MedHealthWorld
“Epocrates, an early leader in online and mobile information for healthcare providers, has been delivering clinical and decision support tools to the healthcare community since its founding in 1998.
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Neil Versel, FierceHealthIT
“Hospitals and physician practices take note: the next generation of doctors will expect a technology-laden environment when they get out in the real world.
In a survey of 710 medical students by mobile healthcare reference software developer Epocrates, 70 percent said the availability of an EHR would be a “very important” consideration in deciding where they will practice medicine.
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Comunicación Cultural
“La universidad de Leeds, en el Reino Unido, va a dotar a sus estudiantes de 4 º y 5 º de medicina de un iPhone para que lo utilicen como dispositivo de aprendizaje a lo largo de sus dos últimos cursos universitarios.
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare
“A majority of medical students say their decision to take a job at a healthcare organization will be heavily weighted in favor of those that have adopted an electronic health record (EHR), according to a new survey.
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Zack Whittaker, ZDNet iGeneration
“All five hundred medical students in their final two years at the University of Leeds, UK are being given iPhone’s to assist them in field work away from the university campus.
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Creutzfeldt J et al, J Med Internet Res, 12(3)
BACKGROUND:
Contemporary learning technologies, such as massively multiplayer virtual worlds (MMVW), create new means for teaching and training. However, knowledge about the effectiveness of such training is incomplete, and there are no data regarding how students experience it. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a field within medicine in high demand for new and effective training modalities.
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