title: Crossing Borders: An Online Interdisciplinary Course in Health Informatics for Students From Two Countries.
abstract: A cross-countries and interprofessional novel approach for delivering an international interdisciplinary graduate health informatics course online is presented. Included in this discussion are the challenges, lessons learned, and pedagogical recommendations from the experiences of teaching the course. Four professors from three different fields and from three universities collaborated in offering an international health informatics course for an interdisciplinary group of 18 US and seven Norwegian students. Highly motivated students and professors, an online technology infrastructure that supported asynchronously communication and course delivery, the ability to adapt the curriculum to meet the pedagogy requirements at all universities, and the support of higher administration for international collaboration were enablers for success. This project demonstrated the feasibility and advantages of an interdisciplinary, interprofessional, and cross-countries approach in teaching health informatics online. Students were able to establish relationships and conduct professional conversations across disciplines and international boundaries using content management software. This graduate course can be used as a part of informatics, computer science, and/or health science programs.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, Centre for Caring Research, Southern Norway, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway (Dr Fossum); School of Interdisciplinary Informatics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Information Science and Technology (Dr Fruhling); Department of Information Systems, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway (Dr Moe); and University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, Omaha (Dr Thompson).
authors.forename: Mariann
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fossum
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fruhling
authors.forename: Carl Erik
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Moe
authors.forename: Cheryl Bagley
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*; D009664:Norway; D013334:Students; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities