Knowledge and Skills Expected of Health Information Scientists: A Sample Survey of Prospective Employers

Summary

Potential employers of future health informatics graduates were surveyed as to their view of what informatics knowledge and skills were required to contribute to their organizations. 84 respondents clearly indicated that the most important of six areas of knowledge and skills was communications skills, followed by informatics knowledge, management knowledge, informa tics skills, analytic skills, and health services knowledge. The survey also revealed that the ranking of the six areas was the same for differing organizations and differing respondent groupings.

Potentielle Arbeitgeber zukünftiger medizinischer Informatiker wurden dahingehend befragt, welches Wissen und welche Fähigkeiten als Beitrag zu ihren Organisationen erforderlich seien. 84 Befragte brachten klar zum Ausdruck, daß unter sechs Gebieten des Wissens und der Fähigkeiten der Kommunikationsfähigkeit die größte Bedeutung zugemessen werde; danach rangierten Wissen auf dem Gebiet der Informatik, Kenntnisse auf dem Gebiet der Organisation, Geschicklichkeit im Bereich Informatik, analytische Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse auf dem Gebiet des Gesundheitsdienstes. Die Umfrage ergab, daß die Rangfolge der sechs Gebiete bei verschiedenen Organisationen und verschiedenen Gruppen von Befragten die gleiche war.

Key-Words:

Curricula - Knowledge and Skills - Informatics

Schlüssel-Wörter:

Studienpläne - Wissen und Fähigkeiten - Informatik

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