Kings (kcl.ac.uk) (Louisa is there) is doing some Informatics,
or at least generic computer skills right from the start.
Well done that college.
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> Sent: 17 November 1998 19:52
> I found this quote in the BMJ of the 26th Sept last night which
also
> highlights the lack of funding in training
> 'Dr Ian Bowns, a senior fellow at the School of Health and Related
> Research
> in Sheffield who has been commissioned to survey the current state
of
> education and training in informatics, says that many medical
schools
> and
> NHS trusts have no information technology training
> whatsoever, in stark
> contrast to information projects in industry, in which up to half
of
> the
> budget might be spent on training staff to use new technology.'
>
> IMHO if there is to be any hope of utilising the new
> technology then we
> need to move on from the NHS training technique of 'This is a
computer
> -
> you'll pick it up as you go along' and invest some serious
> training and
> education. Many practices, I feel, are now littered with fast
> computers
> that are very underutilised.
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