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Strengthening our profession by defining clinical and health informatics practice

Strengthening our profession by defining clinical and health informatics practice Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article-abstract/26/7/585/5481253 by Ed 'DeepDyve' Gillespie user on 18 June 2019 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 26(7), 2019, 585 doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocz060 Advance Access Publication Date: 30 April 2019 Editorial Editorial Strengthening our profession by defining clinical and health informatics practice Douglas B Fridsma The publication of 2 American Medical Informatics Association clinical expertise is independent of the clinical and health informat- board-approved reports marks the completion of the first data- ics expertise. 1,2 driven effort to define clinical and health informatics practice. Recognition of the unique set of knowledge and skills associated While the impetus for the 2 practice analyses was to update the Clin- with clinical/health informatics practice will create opportunities ical Informatics Subspecialty Core Content and inform development and raise expectations for informatics professionals. Educational of advanced health informatics certification, the long-term impact of programs will have a clearer sense of what their graduates need to 3,4 this work on the informatics profession cannot be understated. be prepared to do upon graduation. The emergence of a shared body For the first time, we have an operational definition of clinical infor- of knowledge will support a convergence among curricula of educa- matics subspecialty (CIS) and health informatics practice sourced di- tional programs and create opportunities for synergies and efficien- rectly from practitioners. cies between CIS fellowship and graduate health informatics The American Medical Informatics Association organized sepa- programs. Employers will have greater confidence when hiring rate, independent practice analyses for 2 distinct communities—CIS health informatics graduates. Current professionals will likely seek diplomates and applied health informatics professionals. The CIS more targeted professional development opportunities to prepare community is a clearly defined population of physicians who have for future advancement. Future professionals will have a much bet- passed the clinical informatics board certification examination. The ter idea of what their jobs will entail and how to prepare for those health informatics community is a more loosely defined group who jobs. Those interested in informatics careers will have a more com- have come to health informatics through a range of pathways (eg, plete roadmap as it relates to professional opportunities. nursing, public health, computer science). Despite the differences in However, the most profound impact of this data-driven ap- clinical education, training, and experience of the two cohorts, our proach may lie in the confirmation and reinforcement of the profes- preliminary results suggest that there is remarkable similarity in the sion’s identity. These studies confirm that we all share a common informatics tasks, knowledge, and skills across the breadth of CIS foundation of skills and knowledge, define who we are and what we and health informatics professionals. do, and strengthen us as both individual professionals and as a ma- For example, even though the groups worked separately, the turing profession. high-level domains used to describe CIS and health informatics prac- tice are essentially the same. Even the more detailed tasks, knowl- REFERENCES edge, and skill statements associated with CIS and health 1. Silverman HD, Steen EB, Carpenito J, et al. Domains, tasks, and knowledge informatics practice show a high degree of overlap. This gave us in- for clinical informatics subspecialty practice: results of a practice analysis. J dependent confirmation that applied clinical/health informatics pro- Am Med Inform Assoc 2019; 27 (7): 586–593. fessionals coming from a range of primary health (eg, medicine, 2. Gadd CG, Steen EB, Caro CM, et al. Domains, tasks, and knowledge for nursing, public health) and computational domains and working in health informatics practice: results of a practice analysis. J Am Med Inform diverse settings perform a common core set of tasks and possess a Assoc 2019. common core set of knowledge and skills. The 2 practice analyses 3. Gardner RM, Overhage JM, Steen EB, et al. Core content for the subspeci- confirm that clinical and health informatics is a consistent and rec- alty of clinical informatics. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2009; 16 (2): 153–157. ognizable professional practice. Further, while clinical or health 4. Gadd CG, Williams JJ, Steen EB, Fridsma DF. Creating advanced health in- formatics certification. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2016; 4: 848–850. training informs applied informatics practice, that training and V The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association. All rights reserved. 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Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article-abstract/26/7/585/5481253 by Ed 'DeepDyve' Gillespie user on 18 June 2019 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 26(7), 2019, 585 doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocz060 Advance Access Publication Date: 30 April 2019 Editorial Editorial Strengthening our profession by defining clinical and health informatics practice Douglas B Fridsma The publication of 2 American Medical Informatics Association clinical expertise is independent of the clinical and health informat- board-approved reports marks the completion of the first data- ics expertise. 1,2 driven effort to define clinical and health informatics practice. Recognition of the unique set of knowledge and skills associated While the impetus for the 2 practice analyses was to update the Clin- with clinical/health informatics practice will create opportunities ical Informatics Subspecialty Core Content and inform development and raise expectations for informatics professionals. Educational of advanced health informatics certification, the long-term impact of programs will have a clearer sense of what their graduates need to 3,4 this work on the informatics profession cannot be understated. be prepared to do upon graduation. The emergence of a shared body For the first time, we have an operational definition of clinical infor- of knowledge will support a convergence among curricula of educa- matics subspecialty (CIS) and health informatics practice sourced di- tional programs and create opportunities for synergies and efficien- rectly from practitioners. cies between CIS fellowship and graduate health informatics The American Medical Informatics Association organized sepa- programs. Employers will have greater confidence when hiring rate, independent practice analyses for 2 distinct communities—CIS health informatics graduates. Current professionals will likely seek diplomates and applied health informatics professionals. The CIS more targeted professional development opportunities to prepare community is a clearly defined population of physicians who have for future advancement. Future professionals will have a much bet- passed the clinical informatics board certification examination. The ter idea of what their jobs will entail and how to prepare for those health informatics community is a more loosely defined group who jobs. Those interested in informatics careers will have a more com- have come to health informatics through a range of pathways (eg, plete roadmap as it relates to professional opportunities. nursing, public health, computer science). Despite the differences in However, the most profound impact of this data-driven ap- clinical education, training, and experience of the two cohorts, our proach may lie in the confirmation and reinforcement of the profes- preliminary results suggest that there is remarkable similarity in the sion’s identity. These studies confirm that we all share a common informatics tasks, knowledge, and skills across the breadth of CIS foundation of skills and knowledge, define who we are and what we and health informatics professionals. do, and strengthen us as both individual professionals and as a ma- For example, even though the groups worked separately, the turing profession. high-level domains used to describe CIS and health informatics prac- tice are essentially the same. Even the more detailed tasks, knowl- REFERENCES edge, and skill statements associated with CIS and health 1. Silverman HD, Steen EB, Carpenito J, et al. Domains, tasks, and knowledge informatics practice show a high degree of overlap. This gave us in- for clinical informatics subspecialty practice: results of a practice analysis. J dependent confirmation that applied clinical/health informatics pro- Am Med Inform Assoc 2019; 27 (7): 586–593. fessionals coming from a range of primary health (eg, medicine, 2. Gadd CG, Steen EB, Caro CM, et al. Domains, tasks, and knowledge for nursing, public health) and computational domains and working in health informatics practice: results of a practice analysis. J Am Med Inform diverse settings perform a common core set of tasks and possess a Assoc 2019. common core set of knowledge and skills. The 2 practice analyses 3. Gardner RM, Overhage JM, Steen EB, et al. Core content for the subspeci- confirm that clinical and health informatics is a consistent and rec- alty of clinical informatics. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2009; 16 (2): 153–157. ognizable professional practice. Further, while clinical or health 4. Gadd CG, Williams JJ, Steen EB, Fridsma DF. Creating advanced health in- formatics certification. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2016; 4: 848–850. training informs applied informatics practice, that training and V The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com

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