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eHealth Competencies for
Undergraduate Medical EducationThe Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)
represents Canada's 17 faculties of medicine and is the voice
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Canada Health InfowayInfoway helps to improve the health of Canadians by working
with partners to accelerate the development, adoption and
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eHealth Competencies for
Undergraduate Medical EducationeHealth is defined as the appropriate and innovative use of
information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable
and improve health and health care services.
This document outlines the recommended ehealth
competencies and skills for undergraduate medical
students and aligns them to the CanMEDS 2015 roles.
The skills are further subdivided into preclinical and clerkship
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eHealth Workshop Toolkit CollectionThis bilingual series is designed for self-learning,
presenting an introduction to core eHealth topics for
medical educators and residents who teach and
suggestions for how these topics can be integrated
into curricula. Each pod/vodcast runs between 10 – 20
minutes, includes a study guide and there are
supplementary resources.
eHealth
resources
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- – by searching under the Topic areas (the menu items on the top bar): when you select a topic or sub-topic the list of items archived under that heading will display.
- – by searching using the eHealth search engine bar: you can search by keywords (which can be one of the topic tags or use any keyword – the algorithm will search article titles for your search terms).
You can search for articles in English and/or French by using the EN/FR toggle on the far right of the top menu bar.
Begin your discovery!
eHealth News
Connected Health Information in Canada: A Benefits Evaluation Study
With investment from Infoway and its partners in electronic health records, clinicians are beginning to have better access to patient information across the health care system continuum.
The Infoway pan-Canadian study Connected Health Information in Canada: A Benefits Evaluation Study, reveals significant financial and time saving benefits of using connected health information for patients, providers, the health system and the economy.
Vodcasts & Study Guides
Health Communication Management
Watch this presentation which discusses the key points to clinical professionalim when communicating with patients through email.