A study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association surveyed students at four allopathic medical schools regarding their attitudes toward clinical informatics training and careers.
The survey found 30 percent of respondents were either “somewhat” or “very” interested in incorporating clinical informatics into their careers. Broken down further, 58 percent were interested in student electives related to clinical informatics, but only 32 percent were aware of such training opportunities.
Similarly, 59 percent of students were interested in residency electives related to clinical informatics, but only 24 percent were aware of such training opportunities. Thirty-nine percent were interested in academic fellowships related to clinical informatics, but only 28 percent were aware of such training opportunities.
“Given the limited availability and awareness of these types of offerings, we hope that the quantity, quality and publicity of clinical informatics learning opportunities continue to grow in subsequent years,” researchers concluded. “Medical students are, evidently, interested in such opportunities, and we as a field will benefit from providing them with the tools to advance clinical informatics into its next generation.”
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