Perspectives on the implementation of health informatics curricula frameworks

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Table 1. Example of content analysis coding and theme development demonstrating one example for each theme.

Meaning unit	Condensed meaning unit	Code	Sub-category	Category	Theme
‘We do have standards, and we do have regular content, but there needs to be some, at least some core content that everybody needs to learn. So, we have graduates coming out with some consistent knowledge from the course.’	Foundational knowledge	Essential health informatics principles and concepts	Essential health informatics knowledge and skills	Core health informatics competencies	Design: scaffolding digital health and technology capabilities
‘The approach should be interdisciplinary not discipline specific.’	Interdisciplinary	Knowledge and skills for interdisciplinary capabilities	Interprofessional practice	Interprofessional practice capabilities	Development: interprofessional experience of and engagement with digital health technology capabilities
‘Don't feel you need to use one model exclusively. Nowadays, you can probably hybridise yourself to something that gives you a nice kind of guiding logical model, but doesn't constrain you to maybe some contextual things that don't fit your country or your state or your province or whatever context you're in.’	Contextualised and pragmatic	Hybrid implementation models	Implementation approach	Implementation approach	Implementation strategies
‘We considered doing it in collaboration with clinical partners.’	Clinical placement partnership	Evaluating outcomes in collaboration with clinical placement partners	Evaluate with clinical placement partners	Stakeholder evaluation	Evaluation: multifaceted, multi-stakeholder evaluation of curricula

Table 2. Workshop evaluation.

Question	Responses n (%)
Participants	[N = 9 (64%)]
Do you plan to implement health informatics in entry to practice programmes in the next 12–24 months?	I have already done so n = 2 (22%)	Yes, I plan to do so n = 3 (33%)	Not sure when we might do so n = 3 (33%)	No plans to implement health informatics in entry to practice programmes n = 1 (11%)
Has this workshop met its planned objectives	Yes n = 5 (56%)	Somewhat n = 4 (44%)	No n = 0
Which topics or aspects of the workshop did you find most useful? (Free text)	Case studies of health informatics implementation n = 4 (44%)	Discussion with peers and experts n = 5 (56%)	NA
Will the knowledge and information gained from participating in this event be useful or applicable in your work?	Definitely n = 5 (56%)	Mostly n = 3 (33%)	Somewhat n = 1 (11%)
What may keep you from fully or successfully implementing your learning from this workshop in your home institution?’	I need more support from the academic community to get this started’ n = 6 (67%)	Lack of management support’ n = 2 (22%) stated	Lack of relevance to my role and responsibility’ n = 1, (11%)

Figure 1. Summary of the workshop concepts and themes. HI = Health Informatics DH = Digital Health, IP = Interprofessional Practice.

Figure 2. Implementation framework for integration of health informatics (HI) and digital health technology (DHT) competencies in health professional degrees.