I stumbled on this board and thought someone might be able to help. I’m writing my dissertation (business school) on the impact of information technology on healthcare. One portion of one of my essays examines the use of technology by practitioners (MDs, NP, etc). I do not have a medical background and one hypothesis that I’m attempting to test is whether there is a connection between the amount of IT training that a student gets in med school and the subsequent use of IT in his/her career. Of course there is lots of discussion around electronic health records right now but there is a very low acceptance rate. My question is, does anyone know of a place to find a head-to-head comparison of med school curriculums? Based on your experience, are IT courses offered in med school? FYI, by ‘IT courses’ I mean everything from; exposure and use of EMRs to understanding the business and clinical value of using technology tools such as PDAs, wireless tablet computers, CPOEs, etc.
Thank you in advance.