- Title
- Preparing e-health ready graduates: a qualitative focus group study
- Creator
- McGregor, Deborah; Keep, Melanie; Brunner, Melissa; Janssen, Anna; Quinn, Deleana; Avery, Jennifer; Togher, Leanne; Shaw, Tim
- Relation
- 25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2017). Integrating and Connecting Care: Selected Papers from the 25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2017) (Brisbane, Qld 6-9 August, 2017) p. 91-96
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-783-2-91
- Publisher
- IOS Press
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Background: Well documented demand for an e-health ready workforce is placing increasing pressure on universities to deliver essential e-health education. Aim: We aimed to explore stakeholders' perceptions of e-health knowledge and skills anticipated of workforce-ready tertiary graduates from clinical health degree programs. Method: A qualitative research study of a purposively selected sample of 23 key informants with expertise and/or experience in e-health education, practice and/or policy was conducted. Data collection involved focus group interviews that were recorded, transcribed verbatim and underwent thematic analysis. Findings: Three primary themes about e-health education and preparation of health graduates emerged from the analyses: 1) Reinforce fundamental competencies, 2) Acknowledge and adapt existing competencies, and 3) Introduce and provide opportunities for new learning. Conclusions and Implications: This study will inform the articulation of a consensus driven set of core competencies for a cross-faculty e-health curriculum that aligns with workforce expectations. There is also potential for vertical integration of findings into workforce development programs.
- Subject
- e-health; clinical teaching; higher education; health professionals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1350092
- Identifier
- uon:30488
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781614997825
- Rights
- © 2017 The authors and IOS Press. This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0).
- Language
- eng
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