Table 4. Skills prioritized by employers mapped to competencies and incorporated into the curriculum.

Example of Skills identified in job postings	Informatics Competency	Public Health competency
Working in multidisciplinary teams	Assess stakeholder data, information, and knowledge needs	Perform effectively on interprofessional teams
Requirement skills	Design, develop, and implement user-centered population health information systems effectively	Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes
Consumer-centric	Establish frameworks for evaluating the implementation process of information systems and applications, and make recommendations to improve user satisfaction and outcomes
Data management	Assess stakeholder data, information, and knowledge needs	Select quantitative & qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
Data/statistical analysis	Establish frameworks for evaluating the implementation process of information systems and applications, and make recommendations to improve user satisfaction and outcomes	Select quantitative & qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice.
Electronic health record	Design, develop, and implement user-centered population health information systems effectively	Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention
Communicating findings	Design, develop, and implement user-centered population health information systems effectively	Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation
Management/organization skills	Manage and direct health informatics planning for projects related to public health and information technology	Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making
Data governance	Recommend strategies and solutions that integrate informatics knowledge within organizations and communities and ensure confidentiality, security, and integrity	Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
Standards	Apply informatics standards appropriately and contribute to standards development efforts
Familiarity with HL7 knowledge	Apply informatics standards appropriately and contribute to standards development efforts
Innovation	Manage and direct health informatics planning for projects related to public health and information technology Recommend strategies and solutions that integrate informatics knowledge within organizations and communities	Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health
Dashboard/Data Visualization	Design, develop, and implement user-centered population health information systems effectively	Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation
Tableau, Python and MS SQL	Design, develop, and implement user-centered population health information systems effectively	Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate