title: An Iterative Methodology for Developing National Recommendations for Nursing Informatics Curricula.
abstract: The increasing importance of IT in nursing requires educational measures to support its meaningful application. However, many countries do not yet have national recommendations for nursing informatics competencies. We thus developed an iterative triple methodology to yield validated and country specific recommendations for informatics core competencies in nursing. We identified relevant competencies from national sources (step 1), matched and enriched these with input from the international literature (step 2) and fed the resulting 24 core competencies into a survey (120 invited experts from which 87 responded) and two focus group sessions with a total of 48 experts (steps 3a/3b). The subsequent focus group sessions confirmed and expanded the findings. As a result, we were able to define role specific informatics core competencies for three countries.
authors: Health Informatics Research Group, University AS, Osnabrück, Germany.
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Egbert
authors: Health Informatics Research Group, University AS, Osnabrück, Germany.
authors: Johannes
authors: J
authors: Thye
authors: Health Informatics Research Group, University AS, Osnabrück, Germany.
authors: Georg
authors: G
authors: Schulte
authors: Health Informatics Research Group, University AS, Osnabrück, Germany.
authors: Jan-David
authors: JD
authors: Liebe
authors: UMIT - University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria.
authors: Werner O
authors: WO
authors: Hackl
authors: UMIT - University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria.
authors: Elske
authors: E
authors: Ammenwerth
authors: UMIT - University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria.
authors: Ursula
authors: U
authors: Hübner
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D048108:Nursing Informatics; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires