Emma Grauerholz-Fisher, Timothy R Vollmer, Jonathan K Fernand, Brandon C Perez, Haleh Amanieh, Kara Wunderlich, Kerri P Peters
A Comparison of Baseline Procedures in Task Analyses
Behavior modification
assess extent health disparities content integrated multidisciplinary health informatics training programs examine instructor perspectives surrounding teaching strategies challenges including student engagement course material data crosssectional descriptive study collected april october 2019 instructors informatics courses taught united states recruited via listservs email eligibility contingent course inclusion disparities content participants completed online survey open closedended questions capture administrative teachingrelated aspects disparities education within informatics quantitative data analyzed using descriptive statistics qualitative data analyzed using inductive coding invitations sent 141 individuals 11 listservs obtained data 23 instructors 24 informatics courses containing health disparities content courses taught primarily graduatelevel programs n 21 875 informatics n 9 333 nursing n 7 259 information science n 6 222 average course covered 65 range 213 social determinants health socioeconomic status raceethnicity n 21 875 frequently addressed instructors described multiple obstacles including lack resources time cover disparities topics adequately topic sensitivity studentrelated challenges eg lack prior understanding disparities foundational translational knowledge health disparities critical students ability develop future equitable informatics solutions based findings provide recommendations intentional required integration health disparitiesspecific content informatics curricula competencies