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.
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.
Hilty
Donald M
DM
University of California, Davis, 2230 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. dmhilty@ucdavis.edu
Benjamin
Sheldon
S
Briscoe
Gregory
G
Hales
Deborah J
DJ
Boland
Robert J
RJ
Luo
John S
JS
Chan
Carlyle H
CH
Kennedy
Robert S
RS
Karlinsky
Harry
H
Gordon
Daniel B
DB
Yellowlees
Peter M
PM
Yager
Joel
J
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