Using Clinical Vignette Assignments to Teach Medical Informatics

Abstract

In response to curricular changes, many academic health sciences librarians have participated in curriculum planning and/or developed informatics course requirements for students enrolled at health sciences universities. This article describes the use of clinical vignette assignments, student journal club activities, and vignette-type multiple choice questions to teach and assess skills related to managing biomedi-cal information, communicating effectively, basic computing, and lifelong learning.

Key Words:

• Informatics education
• clinical vignettes
• multiple choice questions