Medical Informatics Section Continuing Education Needs Assessment

Initial results

Section has 456 members (April 29, 1999). Survey distributed to 435 listserv subscribers, 17 members by mail, and 120 members with e-mail not subscribed to the list. 69 responses received as of 5/12/99. Response rate: 15%

Institution Type:

• 46 (67%) Academic
• 14 (20%) Hospital
• 4 (6%) Research
• 3 (4%) Special
• 2 (3%) Other

NOTE: Percentages throughout the rest of the page do not equal 100, because each respondent was allowed multiple responses.

The factors that were considered important (above a 3 rating) and in order of importance are:

• Content
• Location
• Fee
• Faculty

The top three methods of CE offerings were:

1. Hands On Training (71%)
2. Workshop (65%)
3. Seminar (42%)

Internet/Distance Learning was 4th; 11 people chose Self-Directed Learning as one of their top three items.

This prompted the section to develop the Self-Education Resources Project.

The seven topics of most interest (in ranked order) are:

1. Digital/Virtual Libraries
2. Education and Training in Informatics
3. Database Access/Construction/Delivery
4. Distance Learning Technologies
5. Bioinformatics
6. Knowledge Acquisition and Management
7. HTML/SGML/XML

• Instructional Multimedia
• Human Factors/Usability
• Web Page Design
• JAVA Scripting

Where would you be more likely to attend a CE course?

• 38 (55%) Annual MLA Meeting
• 38 (55%) Annual MLA Chapter/Regional Meeting
• 29 (42%) Other Organization Meeting (AMIA or Local/Regional Group)
• 14 (20%) Virtual Course
• 21 (30%) Depends on Content

Other Sources of Continuing Education

• 16 (23%) AMIA
• 16 (23%) SLA
• 8 (12%) ASIS
• 7 (10%) ALA
• 1 (1%) HIMSS/AHIMA
• 23 (33%) Other
• 11 (16%) None

If you have questions about the survey or would like additional information, please contact Kris Alpi, MIS Professional Development Liaison.

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