Comparative analysis of competency coverage within accredited master's in health informatics programs in the East African region.
Objective: As master of science in health informatics (MSc HI) programs emerge in developing countries, quality assurance of these programs is essential. This article describes a comprehensive comparative analysis of competencies covered by accredited MSc HI programs in the East African common labor...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 1843 - 1849 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Sep2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=151929031&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 151929031 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10675027 FZ9 jtl: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association issn: 10675027 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2021 vid: 28 iid: 9 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 151929031 151929031 NLM34151967 151929031 10.1093/jamia/ocab075 NLM34151967 151929031 ppf: 1843 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: Comparative analysis of competency coverage within accredited master's in health informatics programs in the East African region. aug: au: Were, Martin C Gong, Wu Balirwa, Priscillah Balugaba, Bonny Enock Yeung, Ada Pierce, Leslie Ingles, Donna Kim, Young Lee, Hyeon Jeong Shepherd, Bryan E affil: Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee, USA sug: subj: Medical Informatics Human Curriculum Colleges and Universities Comparative Studies Multicenter Studies Evaluation Research Validation Studies Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index ab: Objective: As master of science in health informatics (MSc HI) programs emerge in developing countries, quality assurance of these programs is essential. This article describes a comprehensive comparative analysis of competencies covered by accredited MSc HI programs in the East African common labor and educational zone.Materials and Methods: Two reviewers independently reviewed curricula from 7 of 8 accredited MSc HI university programs. The reviewers extracted covered competencies, coding these based on a template that contained 73 competencies derived from competencies recommended by the International Medical Informatics Association, plus additional unique competencies contained within the MSc HI programs. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the structure and completion requirements of each MSc HI program. Jaccard similarity coefficient was used to compare similarities in competency coverage between universities.Results: The total number of courses within the MSc HI degree programs ranged from 8 to 22, with 35 to 180 credit hours. Cohen's kappa for coding competencies was 0.738. The difference in competency coverage was statistically significant across the 7 institutions (P = .012), with covered competencies across institutions ranging from 32 (43.8%) to 49 (67.1%) of 73. Only 4 (19%) of 21 university pairs met a cutoff of over 70% similarity in shared competencies.Discussion: Significant variations observed in competency coverage within MSc HI degree programs could limit mobility of student, faculty, and labor.Conclusions: Comparative analysis of MSc HI degree programs across 7 universities in East Africa revealed significant differences in the competencies that were covered. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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