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Training for Informatics Research Careers: History of Extramural Informatics Training at the National Library of Medicine

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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has been the primary funder for university-based informatics training programs in the U.S. since the early 1970s. NLM has provided institutional training grants as well as informatics research opportunities for individual fellows. The programs supported by NLM have changed over time as the competencies needed for informatics research training have evolved. Over the years the focus of the program has broadened to address a wide range of informatics needs, including the incorporation of bioinformatics and public health informatics training into programs that had earlier been focused almost exclusively on medical informatics. This chapter describes the evolution of grant-supported informatics training, identifies basic elements of informatics curricula designed to produce informatics researchers, highlights best practices in program administration, and discusses models for program evaluation that can be applied to the informatics training programs.

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    Valerie Florance PhD

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    Eta S. Berner

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Florance, V. (2014). Training for Informatics Research Careers: History of Extramural Informatics Training at the National Library of Medicine. In: Berner, E. (eds) Informatics Education in Healthcare. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4078-8_3

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