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. 1998:457–461.

A vertical curriculum to teach the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of medical informatics.

J McGowan 1, W Raszka 1, J Light 1, D Magrane 1, D O'Malley 1, T Bertsch 1
PMCID: PMC2232345  PMID: 9929261

Abstract

It is becoming increasingly apparent that medical schools must begin teaching the knowledge, skills and attitudes of information literacy and applied medical informatics as core competencies in undergraduate medical education. The University of Vermont College of Medicine recognized that these core competencies were lacking in its curriculum, and in 1992 it implemented a four year, integrated program to give students the information habits essential to twenty-first century practice. The first graduates of the program are now in residencies and feedback has enabled the College to refine the program to better meet the informatics education needs of the next generation of physicians. The result of these efforts is the Vertical Curriculum in Information Literacy and Applied Medical Informatics; its process of development, the product of the process, and its outcomes are discussed.

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