Clinical Informatics Board Specialty Certification for Physicians: A Global View.
Clinical informatics workforce development is a high priority for medicine. Professional board certification for physicians is an important tool to demonstrating excellence. The recent recognition of clinical informatics as a subspecialty board in the U.S. has generated interest and excitement among the U.S. informatics community. To determine the extent of similar programs in countries around the world, we performed literature searches with relevant keywords and internet searches of websites of informatics societies around the world for mentions or descriptions of certifications and reviewed publicly available sources. The U.S. certification was prominent in the recent published literature. Germany and Belgium have long-standing certifications with South Korea and Sri Lanka considering similar programs. This is the first global view of clinical informatics board certification for physicians. Training and certification for non-physician informatics professionals in allied areas are widespread. Official recognition and certification for physicians and all informatics professionals represents a key component of capacity building and a means of addressing the shortage of a skilled informatics workforce. Wider adoption of certification programs may further attracting talent and accelerate growth of the field.
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Adi V
AV
Gundlapalli
Utah County Academy of Sciences, Orem, UT, USA.
Aditya V
AV
Gundlapalli
American Board of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
William W
WW
Greaves
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM,USA.
Denece
D
Kesler
International Medical Informatics Association, Geneva, CH.
Peter
P
Murray
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Charles
C
Safran
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Christoph U
CU
Lehmann
D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D038622:Internationality; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*