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Published on: February 19, 2021
Development and evaluation of public health informatics at University of Washington
Bryant Thomas Karras1, Patrick O'Carroll, Mark W Oberle
1Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, University of Washington, USA. bkarras@u.washington.edu
Abstract:
Public Health Informatics (PHI) education began at the University of Washington (UW) with a Summer Institute in 1995. The Biomedical and Health Informatics graduate program, which is housed in the School of Medicine, is an interdisciplinary, multi-school program. It demonstrates the UW's cooperative efforts in advancing informatics, encompassing the schools of public health, medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, information and graduate schools in computer science. This article provides an overview of the developmental milestones related to activities in PHI and describes the evaluation strategy and assessment plan for PHI training at the UW (http://phig.washington.edu).
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