Educating 10,000 informaticians by 2010: the AMIA 10x10 program.

OBJECTIVES

There is an increasing need for a larger and better trained workforce in medical informatics. The goal of the American Medical Informatics Association 10x10 program is to educate 10,000 clinicians in medical informatics by the year 2010.

METHODS

We adapted an on-line introductory graduate course toward this goal. It was evaluated using Likert-scale and open-ended questions.

RESULTS

The course was successfully implemented and attracted 51 individuals, 44 of whom completed it. The evaluation was generally positive, with all but one Likert-scale above 4.0 on a 1-to-5 scale.

CONCLUSIONS

We successfully adapted an introductory medical informatics course to a larger audience. The evaluation showed it was received positively and we have further plans to scale it to an even larger audience to meet the goals of the 10x10 program.