The AMIA 1999 Spring Congress
Program
Tuesday, May 25
10:00 AM-6:00 PM REGISTRATION
1:00 PM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Joseph W. Hales, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Division of Medical Informatics, Duke University Medical Center, and Program Chair, AMIA 1999 Spring Congress
1:15 PM ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND APPLIED SETTINGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSING THE CHALLENGES FACING HEALTH INFORMATICS EDUCATION
Janis P. Belleck, PhD, RN, Associate Provost of Educational Programs and Professor of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina.
John Bourne, PhD, MSE, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University.
Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, Dean, School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University.
John P. Glaser, PhD, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Partners Healthcare System.
Dieter Haussmann, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Health Services, University of Illinois, Chicago Medical Center.
3:00 PM BREAK
3:30 PM-5:00 PM BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS - NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS PROGRAMS
In this first series of breakouts, attendees will discuss the needs of health informatics education across the range of learners. Specific attention will be given to the needs in educating health professionals and administrative decision makers about informatics topics, in addition to formal training programs leading to careers in health informatics. (Breakouts will end at 5:00 PM.)

TRAINING IN HEALTH INFORMATICS:
Recommendations to IMIA

During breakout discussion sessions, one of the breakouts will be a forum for formulation, led by members of the AMIA Education Committee and the AMIA Education Working Group, of recommendations to make on behalf of AMIA to the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) project on defining core competencies for medical informatics training. All attendees are invited to participate.

6:00 PM RECEPTION
7:00 PM SPRING CONGRESS BANQUET
Wednesday, May 26
8:30 AM DEFINING THE GOALS FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS EDUCATION - PERSPECTIVES OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
Patricia A. Abbott, PhD, RNC, Director, Graduate Nursing Informatics Program, Department of Education Administration, Health Policy and Informatics, University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Rick Bankowitz, MD, Director, Clinical Information Management, University HealthCare System Consortium.
William R. Hersh, MD, Associate Professor, Medical Informatics, Oregon Health Sciences University.
Rob C. McClure, MD, Vice President of Clinical Strategy, HBO & Company.
Pierre Pincetl, MD, Chief Information Officer, Medical Informatics, University of Utah Hospital.

Powerpoint presentation - William R. Hersh, MD

10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS - DEFINING GOALS FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS EDUCATION
Discussion groups during this breakout session will focus on establishing goals for education across the range of professional roles that involve health informatics. Sessions will be organized around goals for health informatics training, informatics education for health professionals, and health informatics training for administrators.
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:00 PM PERSPECTIVES OF THE PROFESSIONS: TOWARD ENHANCING HEALTH INFORMATICS EDUCATION
Merida L. Johns, PhD, RRA, Vice President, Education and Certification, American Healthcare Information Management Association.
Harold P. Lehmann, MD, PhD, Director, Office of Medical Informatics Education, and Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University.
D. Kathy Milholland, PhD, RN, Lewis and Leona Hughes Endowed Chair in Nursing Informatics, College of Nursing, University of South Florida.
William Yasnoff, MD, PhD, Associate Director for Science, Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Powerpoint presentation - D. Kathy Milholland, PhD, RN

2:15 PM CONCURRENT PANELS
Panelists in smaller group sessions present how their programs are helping to address the needs and goals of health informatics education.

HEALTH INFORMATICS PROGRAMS
Lael C. Gatewood, PhD, Professor and Director, Health Computer Sciences, University of Minnesota; Joseph W. Hales, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Division of Medical Informatics, Duke University Medical Center;
Jochen Moehr, MD, PhD, Professor, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria;
Walter B. Panko, PhD, Director, Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Powerpoint presentation - Joseph W. Hales, PhD
Powerpoint presentation - Joseph W. Hales, PhD
Courses - School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria
Health Information Science Model Program - School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria
Powerpoint presentation - Walter B. Panko, PhD

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Melanie Brodnik, PhD, RRA, Associate Professor, Director, Division of Health Information and Systems Management, School of Health Related Professions, The Ohio State University;
Kathleen L. LaTour, MA, RRA, Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Health Information Management, College of St. Scholastica;
Merida L. Johns, PhD, RRA, Vice President, Education and Certification, American Health Information Management Association;
Gretchen Murphy, MEd, RRA, Director, Health Information Administration Program, University of Washington;
Annette L. Valenta, DrPh, Associate Professor, Assistant Director for Academic Programs, School of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Powerpoint presentation - Melanie Brodnik, PhD, RRA
Powerpoint presentation - Gretchen Murphy, MEd, RRA
Powerpoint presentation - Annette L. Valenta, DrPh

MEDICAL INFORMATICS TRAINING PROGRAMS
James J. Cimino, MD, Associate Professor, Medical Informatics, Columbia University;
Peter Clepper, Program Officer, Extramural Programs, Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, National Library of Medicine;
Robert A. Greenes, MD, PhD, Director, Decision Systems Group, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital;
Randolph A. Miller, MD, Chair, Division of Biomedical Informatics, and Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center;
Edward H. Shortliffe, MD, PhD, Associate Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Powerpoint presentation - Robert A. Greenes, MD, PhD

MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION
Gale Hannigan, MPH, MLS, Director, Informatics for Medical Education, Medical Services Library, Texas A & M College of Medicine;
Anne Linton, MS, Director, Himmelfarb Library, George Washington University;
John W. Loonsk, MD, Chief, Division of Medical Informatics, and Assistant Dean for Information Systems, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina;
Julie McGowan, PhD, Associate Dean for Health Sciences, Informatics, and Library Resources, University of Vermont.

Powerpoint presentation - Gale Hannigan, MPH, MLS

NURSING INFORMATICS EDUCATION
Patricia A. Abbott, PhD, RNC, Director, Graduate Nursing Informatics Program, Department of Education Administration, Health Policy and Informatics, University of Maryland School of Nursing;
Olivia M. Breton, MEd, RN, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Northeastern University;
Barbara Carty, EdD, RN, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Nursing, New York University;
Connie J. Delaney, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Iowa;
Carole A. Gassert, PhD, RN, Nurse Consultant-Informatics, Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions, and Senior Advisor, Distance Learning Methodologies, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services;
Nancy Staggers, PhD, RN, Associate Professor of Clinical Informatics, College of Nursing, University of Utah.

RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Jerome H. Carter, MD, Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham;
Paul N. Gorman, MD, Assistant Professor, Medical Informatics and Outcomes Research, Oregon Health Sciences University;
David Lobach, MD, PhD, MS, Division Chief, Medical Informatics, Duke University Medical Center.

Adobe Acrobat presentation(13kb) - Paul N. Gorman, MD
Powerpoint presentation - David Lobach, MD, PhD, MS

4:00 PM PLENARY SESSION - "RE-ENGINEERING A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM"
Daniel E. Atkins III, PhD, Professor, School of Information, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.
Thursday, May 27
8:30 AM BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS - SOLUTIONS
This final breakout session of the congress will focus on the shaping and implementation of health informatics training and educational programs. Building on the previous day's discussions of successful educational activities, attendees will focus on what works and why and how to implement forward-looking solutions at their own institutions.
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE: A SYNTHESIS OF NEEDS, GOALS, AND SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS EDUCATION
Daniel E. Atkins, PhD, moderator.
Paul D. Clayton, PhD, Professor of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, and Senior Informaticist, Intermountain Health Care.
Milton Corn, MD, Associate Director, Extramural Programs, National Library of Medicine.
Charles P. Friedman, PhD, Director and Associate Vice Chancellor, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Joyce A. Mitchell, PhD, Associate Dean and Director, Integrated Technology Services, University of Missouri School of Medicine.
William W. Stead, MD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, and Director, Informatics Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
12:30 AM ADJOURN
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