title: Defining and assessing medical informatics competencies.
abstract: As academic health sciences libraries assume larger roles in informatics instruction within medical school curricula, librarians are challenged to develop useful and accurate measures for assessing the effectiveness of instructional approaches. The need for this evaluation has intensified as medical schools increase their emphasis on integration of curriculum content and shift to competency-based education and assessment of medical students. This paper reports on a pilot project developed at Dahlgren Memorial Library, Georgetown University Medical Center, for two courses using an instructional intervention and tailored assignment for assessing student competencies.
authors.affiliation: Dahlgren Memorial Library, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057-1420, USA. blumentj@georgetown.edu
authors.forename: Jane L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Blumenthal
authors.forename: Brynn E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Mays
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Weinfeld
authors.forename: Marcus A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: Janette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaffer
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States