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CONTINUING EDUCATION

Attendees of the 2009 AMIA Spring Congressmay earn valuable continuing education credits by participating in scientific sessions and tutorials.

Physician Continuing Education

AMIA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. AMIA designates this continuing medical education for up to 18 hours of Category 1 credit toward the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spends in the educational activity.

Nursing Contact Hours
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Nursing contact hours will be provided by the University of Maryland School of Nursing's Office of Professional Development. The total number of hours will be determined by the UMD-SON.

The University of Maryland School of Nursing's Office of Professional Development and Continuing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.

Learning Objectives

The learning objectives of the 2009 AMIA Spring Congress are:

  • To demonstrate and discuss issues related to the development, application, and evaluation of information technologies, personal and public health care, and research with respect to thematic tracks focusing on Clinical Research Informatics, Global e-Health, Informatics Practice-based Research, and Public Health Informatics.
  • To provide plenary, semi-plenary, and track presentations that detail work, progress, and challenges related to the thematic tracks.
  • To improve the knowledge and skill of attendees with respect to Clinical Research Informatics, Global e-Health, Informatics Practice-based Research, and Public Health Informatics as they relate to personal and public health care and research.
  • To present research and applied methodologies and results through a poster session highlighting the thematic tracks.
  • To promote information exchange among attendees.

Track Learning Objectives

Clinical Research Informatics:
The Clinical Research Informatics (CRI) track will focus on two distinct and complementary aspects of the discipline, namely: 1) novel biomedical informatics theories, methods, and platforms that can be applied to support the conduct of clinical research programs; and 2) exemplary cases of applied informatics solutions for clinical research spanning both localized and multi-institutional paradigms.  The panel, presentation, and poster sessions that comprise the CRI track are intended to establish and enhance the understanding of both informatics investigators and information technology professionals relative to the current state of CRI knowledge and practice.  Key learning objectives for the track include:

  • To define the theoretical and practical definitions of clinical research informatics
  • To develop an understanding of the current state of informatics theories, methods, and platforms currently being used or under development for use in the clinical research domain
  • To review the socio-technical framework in which informaticians, IT professionals, and clinical/translational scientists interact and collaborate to enhance clinical research program design and execution 
  • To synthesize current events and legislative/policy developments that are influencing the CRI landscape
  • To establish greater clarity concerning the relationships between CRI and other biomedical informatics and broader biomedical research and practice sub-disciplines

Global eHealth:
This track will focus on the emerging area of eHealth in the Global context, with an emphasis on opportunities and challenges of implementing eHealth solutions in low-resource settings. This track will provide attendees with presentations sessions, panel sessions, as well as “breakout” sessions for more focused discussion. Topics will cover training and capacity development (in informatics and IT), case studies of eHealth applications in low-resource settings, interoperability, telehealth, and mobile health. Using the 2008 Bellagio as background and inspiration, a centerpiece of the track with an integrative breakout session during which participants will discuss how to best position AMIA and its members for contributing to the 2010 MedInfo meeting in Cape Town, South Africa.

  • To discuss informatics needs facing health service providers, ministries of health, and other stakeholders in low resource (“developing”) countries and identify challenges and opportunities for future investment 
  • To share experiences and best practices for design and implementation of eHealth systems in low resource settings.
  • To develop and articulate a strategy for a membership organization (such as AMIA and IMIA) for participating in, contributing to, and supporting national and local health informatics and IT efforts in low-resource settings

Informatics Practice-based Research:
The Informatics Practice-based Research track focuses on topics related to biomedical and health informatics discoveries and applications in clinical practice environments. Examples of topics covered in this track include but are not limited to research and innovations in: electronic health records and personal health records; clinical decision support systems; clinical information workflow; health information systems usability issues. Attendees of this track will be able to:

  • Describe advances in electronic health records and related health information systems
  • Discuss challenges and opportunities related to the use of health information systems for healthcare delivery and quality
  • Discuss how clinical decision support may be deployed to enhance patient safety and disease management

Disclosure
Before the program, all faculty will disclose the existence of any financial interest and/or other relationships they may have with the manufacturer or manufacturers of any commercial product or products to be discussed during their presentation. This includes any honoraria/expenses, grants, consultant role, speaker’s bureau membership, stock ownership, or any other special relationship. AMIA includes a disclosure list with the on-site registration materials.