O'Carroll P W, Yasnoff W A, Wilhoite W
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA.
Proc AMIA Symp. 1998:472-6.
Information science and technology are critical to the modern practice of public health. Yet today's public health professionals generally have no formal training in public health informatics--the application of information science and technology to public health practice and research. Responding to this need, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently developed, tested, and delivered a new training course in public health informatics. The course was designed for experienced public health program managers and included sessions on general informatics principles and concepts; key information systems issues and information technologies; and management issues as they relate to information technology projects. This course has been enthusiastically received both at the state and federal levels. We plan to develop an abbreviated version for health officers, administrators, and other public health executives.
信息科学与技术对现代公共卫生实践至关重要。然而,当今的公共卫生专业人员通常没有接受过公共卫生信息学方面的正规培训——即将信息科学与技术应用于公共卫生实践和研究。为满足这一需求,美国疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)最近开发、测试并推出了一门新的公共卫生信息学培训课程。该课程面向经验丰富的公共卫生项目管理人员,内容包括一般信息学原理和概念、关键信息系统问题和信息技术,以及与信息技术项目相关的管理问题。这门课程在州和联邦层面都受到了热烈欢迎。我们计划为卫生官员、管理人员和其他公共卫生行政人员开发一个简化版。