Paper Info
Title
Reuniting Long Lost Cousins: a Novel Curriculum in Imaging Informatics for Clinical Informatics Fellows
Abstract
We developed a curriculum of imaging informatics for clinical informatics fellows. While imaging informatics and clinical informatics are related fields, they have distinct bodies of knowledge. The aim of this curriculum is to prepare clinical informatics fellows for questions regarding imaging informatics on the clinical informatics board certification examination, prepare fellows to handle issues and requests involving imaging informatics in their future roles as clinical informaticists, and develop sufficient knowledge and skills in order to interface with imaging and radiology domain experts. We mapped ACGME core competencies for clinical informatics and the clinical informatics skills and attributes to topics covered in this curriculum. Topics covered included orders vs. encounter-based workflow, understanding imaging informatics operations and the differences between an IT department leading digital image management and the radiology department, clinical decision support for radiology, procuring and integrating new modalities into a PACS system, troubleshooting slow application performance in a PACS environment, imaging sharing, artificial intelligence (AI) in imaging including AI bias, validation of models within home institution and regulatory issues, and structured reporting vs. Natural Language Processing to mine radiology report data. These topics were covered in interactive didactic sessions as well as a journal club. Future work will expand to include hands-on learning and a formal evaluation of this curriculum with current fellows and recent graduates.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1007/s10278-022-00628-5
Journal of Digital Imaging
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Clinical informatics, Imaging informatics, Graduate medical education, Curriculum development
Journal
35
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
0897-1889
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
11
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
James T Whitfill100.34
Edward Kalpas200.34
Pamela Garcia-Filion300.34