title: Development and evaluation of public health informatics at University of Washington.
abstract: Public Health Informatics (PHI) education began at the University of Washington (UW) with a Summer Institute in 1995. The Biomedical and Health Informatics graduate program, which is housed in the School of Medicine, is an interdisciplinary, multi-school program. It demonstrates the UW's cooperative efforts in advancing informatics, encompassing the schools of public health, medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, information and graduate schools in computer science. This article provides an overview of the developmental milestones related to activities in PHI and describes the evaluation strategy and assessment plan for PHI training at the UW (http://phig.washington.edu).
authors.affiliation: Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, University of Washington, USA. bkarras@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Bryant Thomas
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Karras
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Carroll
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Oberle
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Lober
authors.forename: Lynne S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Doug C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Schaad
authors.forename: Craig S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D014495:Universities; D014861:Washington