NPLT Initiative

New Practices in Learning Technologies

Project Description

"Building Capacity in Health Informatics for Professionals in Health Settings" is a collaborative project between the University of Victoria, University of Calgary, University of British Columbia and University of Alberta. The project is funded by the Office of Learning Technologies as a New Practices in Learning Technologies (NPLT) Initiative.

In this project, ten Internet-based courses are planned covering such areas as information sources, research design, telehealth evaluation, and team decision-making. The intent is to offer these courses as ongoing professional development and as a multi-institutional graduate education program.

As part of this initiative, the University of Victoria is now offering an online Masters in Health Informatics program. Further information is available in these PDF files:

• Program Brochure
• Program Handbook

CHE’s Role

CHE is developing two Internet-based courses for the NPLT program:

• Critical Appraisal of the Health Sciences Literature
• Health Informatics for Clinicians

Partners

• COACH, Canada’s Health Informatics Association
  http://www.coachorg.com/
• Division of Continuing Medical Education, University of British Columbia
  http://www.cme.med.ubc.ca
• Health Telematics Unit, University of Calgary
  http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/telehealth/
• Office of Learning Technologies
  http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
• School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria
  http://hinf.uvic.ca
• ShirWin Knowledge and Learning Systems
  http://www.shirwin.com/
• University of Alberta
  http://www.ualberta.ca/