title: APA summit on medical student education task force on informatics and technology: steps to enhance the use of technology in education through faculty development, funding and change management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article provides an overview of how trainees, faculty, and institutions use technology for acquiring knowledge, skills, and attitudes for practicing modern medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors reviewed the literature on medical education, technology, and change, and identify the key themes and make recommendations for implementing technology in medical education.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Administrators and faculty should initially assess their own competencies with technology and then develop a variety of teaching methods that use technology to improve their curricula. Programs should decrease the general knowledge-based content of curricula and increase the use of technology for learning skills. For programs to be successful, they must address faculty development, change management, and funding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Willingness for change, collaboration, and leadership at all levels are essential factors for successfully implementing technology.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis, 2230 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. dmhilty@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Donald M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hilty
authors.forename: Sheldon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Briscoe
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hales
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Boland
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Carlyle H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karlinsky
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Yellowlees
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yager
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D002202:Capital Financing; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D048088:Informatics; D009936:Organizational Innovation / Q000191:economics*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce