Steven D Miller1, Phillip Stablein2, Jay Syed3, Valerie Smothers4, Emily Marx3, Peter Greene5, Harold Lehmann6, Paul G Nagy7. 1. Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 2. Casemix Information Management, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 3. Technology Innovation Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 4. Department of Emerging Technologies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 5. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 6. Department of Health Science Informatics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 7. Department of Radiology, Technology Innovation Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The Leadership in Analytics and Data Science (LEADS) course was evaluated for effectiveness. LEADS was a 6-month program for working biomedical and health informatics (BMHI) professionals designed to improve analytics skills, knowledge of enterprise applications, data stewardship, and to foster an analytics community of practice through lectures, hands-on skill building workshops, networking events, and small group projects. METHODS: The effectiveness of the LEADS course was evaluated using the Kirkpatrick Model by assessing pre- and postcourse knowledge, analytics capabilities, goals, practice, class lecture reaction, and change in the size of participant professional networks. Differences in pre- and postcourse responses were analyzed with a Wilcoxon signed rank test to determine significance, and effect sizes were computed using a z-statistic. RESULTS: Twenty-nine students completed the course with 96% of respondents reporting that they were "very" or "extremely" likely to recommend the course. Participants reported improvement in several analytics capabilities including Epic data warehousing (p = 0.017), institutional review board policy (p = 0.005), and data stewardship (p = 0.007). Changes in practice patterns mirrored those in self-reported capability. On average, the participant professional network doubled. CONCLUSION: LEADS was the first course targeted to working BMHI professional at a large academic medical center to have a formal effectiveness evaluation be published in the literature. The course achieved the goals of expansion of BMHI knowledge, skills, and professional networks. The LEADS course provides a template for continuing education of working BMHI professionals. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
OBJECTIVE: The Leadership in Analytics and Data Science (LEADS) course was evaluated for effectiveness. LEADS was a 6-month program for working biomedical and health informatics (BMHI) professionals designed to improve analytics skills, knowledge of enterprise applications, data stewardship, and to foster an analytics community of practice through lectures, hands-on skill building workshops, networking events, and small group projects. METHODS: The effectiveness of the LEADS course was evaluated using the Kirkpatrick Model by assessing pre- and postcourse knowledge, analytics capabilities, goals, practice, class lecture reaction, and change in the size of participant professional networks. Differences in pre- and postcourse responses were analyzed with a Wilcoxon signed rank test to determine significance, and effect sizes were computed using a z-statistic. RESULTS: Twenty-nine students completed the course with 96% of respondents reporting that they were "very" or "extremely" likely to recommend the course. Participants reported improvement in several analytics capabilities including Epic data warehousing (p = 0.017), institutional review board policy (p = 0.005), and data stewardship (p = 0.007). Changes in practice patterns mirrored those in self-reported capability. On average, the participant professional network doubled. CONCLUSION: LEADS was the first course targeted to working BMHI professional at a large academic medical center to have a formal effectiveness evaluation be published in the literature. The course achieved the goals of expansion of BMHI knowledge, skills, and professional networks. The LEADS course provides a template for continuing education of working BMHI professionals. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
Authors: John Mantas; Elske Ammenwerth; George Demiris; Arie Hasman; Reinhold Haux; William Hersh; Evelyn Hovenga; K C Lun; Heimar Marin; Fernando Martin-Sanchez; Graham Wright Journal: Methods Inf Med Date: 2010-01-07 Impact factor: 2.176