CNIA Nursing Informatics Education
This section has been developed to feature CNIA educational initiatives in nursing informatics. Please check this page often to keep abreast of our CNIA Educational Initiatives, including our annual Scholarship, Nursing Informatics Journal Club, our upcoming Virtual Co-Event in conjunction with the Nova Scotia Nursing Informatics Group and the Atlantic Nursing Informatics Conference on October 27th, 2011 and more.....
If there are any topics or developments in nursing informatics education that you want to share with others, contact our Director of Education, Cheryl Stephens-Lee by E-mail.
2011 CNIA Nursing Informatics Education Scholarship
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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT: WILLY FAHLMAN The winner of the $1000 2011 CNIA Nursing Informatics Education Scholarship is Willy Fahlman, a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Education in Distance Education program at Athabasca University. Willy is a healthcare educator and also a tutor in nursing informatics with Athabasca University. |
This scholarship will be directed to advancing the informatics education of the selected recipient(s).
Qualifying Criteria:
- Must be a nurse holding a current Canadian licensure
- Must hold a current membership with the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association
- Must provide evidence of acceptance or current enrollment in a program relevant to health/nursing informatics that leads to a Certification or Degree.
Applications must:
- be accompanied by a letter of support from a leader or mentor in health care that supports the advancement of health informatics.
- provide verification of enrolment in the program of study (i.e verification letter from institution or transcript of marks).
- provide a brief description (250 word limit) of how they envision the selected program will facilitate the integration and enhancement of informatics into health care practice, research and/or education.
- agree to the publishing of their name and area of study on the CNIA Website and/or marketing material.
Selection:
- Recipients will be chosen by the CNIA Education Subcommittee by October 21st and informed via email.
Award:
- One scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $1000.00
- Two scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $500.00
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To Apply:
Applications are to be emailed to:
Cheryl Stephens-Lee
CNIA Director of Education
cheryl.s-lee@cnia.ca
Deadline for submission was 01 October 2011.
OHIH Funded CNIA Educational Project
Educating Tomorrow's Nurses: Where's Nursing Informatics?
SYNOPSIS: Funded by Health Canada Office of Health and the Information Highway, the study will describe the current state of: 1) informatics education opportunities currently available to undergraduate nursing students, 2) the level of preparedness of nursing faculty to provide necessary education opportunities in nursing informatics for undergraduate nursing students, 3) information and communication technology infrastructure and support for providing the education opportunities, and 4) opportunities to enhance nursing curricula, faculty preparedness, and ICT infrastructure and support in Canadian schools of nursing.
This study builds on an earlier National Nursing Informatics Project. It is influenced as well by the work of the Canadian Nurses Association national Health Information: Nursing Components (HI:NC) work and Health Canada's Office of Health and the Information Highway (OHIH) in conjunction with the Canadian Nurses Association and University of Victoria (see Appendix A for further details). It has the support of an Advisory Committee with representatives of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, Canadian Nurses Association, Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses and Health Canada Office of Nursing Policy.
October 2002: PHASE 1 COMPLETED - PHASE 2 LAUNCHED ... read the full overviewDecember 2002: PHASE 2 COMPLETED - PHASE 3 LAUNCHED ... read the full update
February 2003 : PRELIMINARY FINDINGS RELEASED FOR FEEDBACK ....read the full review findings
May 2003 Version francaise de l'ecole du rapport de soins ....read the French version of the NI Project findings
May 2003 : FINAL REPORT & FINDINGS (92 pages) ....read the full report
The final response rates, based on a population of 77 Schools of Nursing with undergraduate programs, were as follows:
- Infrastructure: - n = 37 - 48%
- Curriculum - n = 39 - 51%
- Faculty - n = 130 faculty responded representing 29 known schools of nursing - which is at least a 38% response rate. However, approximately 15% (n=21) responses did not indicate their school of nursing. Seven schools had five faculty responses. Faculty responses ranged from 0 - 17 per school.
- All three questionnaires - 26 schools of nursing had responses to all three questionnaires = 34%
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