Linking Early Clinical Experience and Basic Science using Images of Disease

Short Communication 7C1 (Curriculum: Educational Strategies

Informática em Enfermagem: aprendendo com o passado para construir um novo futuro

Health care and health information have been around since the time of Hippocrates or even before. Through the historical evolution, it is observed that the knowledge and information that were simple and easy to learn and retain by that time, became much more complex. This paper presents a brief reviewing on the evolution of nursing informatics and how it grew up and made itself visible during all these years of International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) conferences.La atención a la salud y la información en salud han sido discutidas desde el tiempo de Hiprocates o hasta antes de esto. Través de la evolución historica, es observado que el conocimiento y la información que eran simples y faciles de se aprender y retener en esto tiempo, tornaranse mucho más complejos. Esto artículo presenta una breve revisión sobre la evolución de la Informática en Enfermería y como la misma se ha tornado grande y visible durante los años en los congressos de la Associación Internacional de Informática Medica (IMIA).A assistência à saúde e a informação em saúde são discutidas desde o tempo de Hipócrates ou até antes disto. Através da evolução histórica, é observado que o conhecimento e a informação que eram simples e fáceis de se aprender e reter naquele tempo, tornaram-se muito mais complexas. Este artigo apresenta uma breve revisão da evolução da Informática em Enfermagem e como a mesma cresceu e se fez visível ao longo destes anos nos congressos da Associação Internacional de Informática Médica (IMIA) .Federal University of São PauloUERJClínica São VicenteUNIFESPSciEL

Nursing education and regulation: international profiles and perspectives

This review of nurse education and regulation in selected OECD countries forms part of ongoing work on contemporary nursing careers and working lives, based at the National Nursing Research Unit, King’s College London. The review was commissioned by the Department of Health to inform their work in considering the UK’s position in relation to the Bologna declaration and changes that may emanate from the implementation of Modernising Nursing Careers (DH 2006). While much of the information in the review was obtained from publications and websites, we also contacted key personnel in most of the countries included for an up-to-date review of developments in their country and would like to thank them all for providing this information

Integrating nursing informatics into undergraduate nursing education in Africa: a scoping review

Background: Information and communication technologies have become omnipresent in healthcare systems globally, and since nurses comprise the majority of the health sector workforce, they are expected to be adequately skilled to work in a technology-mediated environment. Integrating nursing informatics into undergraduate nursing education is a cornerstone to nursing education and practice in Africa. Aim: This scoping review aimed to evidence the integration of nursing informatics into undergraduate nursing education in Africa. Methods: A scoping review of the literature used electronic databases including CINAHL Plus databases; EmCare; MEDLINE Ovid; Scopus; ERIC ProQuest; Web of Science; Google; and Google Scholar to locate papers specific to the African context. From a total of 8723 articles, 19 were selected for critique and synthesis. Results: Selected studies indicated that nursing students used several information and communication technologies tools primarily for academic purposes, and rarely for clinical practice. In Africa, the challenges for teaching informatics in nursing education included: limited information and communication technologies skills among faculty and students; poor teaching strategies; and a lack of standardization of nursing informatics competencies. Successful integration of nursing informatics into undergraduate nursing education in African countries depends on restructuring nursing informatics content and teaching strategies, capacity building of the faculty and students in information and communication technologies, political commitment, and collaborative partnership. Conclusion: Nursing informatics is scarce in undergraduate nursing education in Africa due to the implementation and adoption challenges. Responding to these challenges requires a multi-sectoral approach in the revision of undergraduate nursing curricula. Implication for nursing education, practice, policy and research: This study highlights the importance of nursing informatics in undergraduate nursing education, with its challenges and success. Nursing education policies should support the development of well-standardized nursing informatics content and appropriate teaching strategies to deliver it. Further research is needed to establish which aspects of nursing informatics are integrated into undergraduate nursing education and nursing practice, implementation process, challenges and possible solutions. Collaborative partnerships are vital to developing nursing informatics policies to better prepare graduate nurses for the African healthcare workforce in the digital era

Erratum to: Methods for evaluating medical tests and biomarkers

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s41512-016-0001-y.]