The national landscape of culminating experiences in master’s programs in health and biomedical informatics
| Autor: | Eva W. Shiu, Sue Boren, Suzanne Morrison Cox, Stephen B. Johnson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Medical education
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Health Informatics Brief Communication Health informatics Maturity (finance) United States Presentation Surveys and Questionnaires Internship ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Master s Capstone Curriculum Education Graduate Sociology business Medical Informatics media_common |
| Zdroj: | J Am Med Inform Assoc |
| ISSN: | 1527-974X |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jamia/ocaa348 |
| Popis: | Health and biomedical informatics graduate-level degree programs have proliferated across the United States in the last 10 years. To help inform programs on practices in teaching and learning, a survey of master’s programs in health and biomedical informatics in the United States was conducted to determine the national landscape of culminating experiences including capstone projects, research theses, internships, and practicums. Almost all respondents reported that their programs required a culminating experience (97%). A paper (not a formal thesis), an oral presentation, a formal course, and an internship were required by ≥50% programs. The most commonly reported purposes for the culminating experience were to help students extend and apply the learning and as a bridge to the workplace. The biggest challenges were students’ maturity, difficulty in synthesizing information into a coherent paper, and ability to generate research ideas. The results provide students and program leaders with a summary of pedagogical methods across programs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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