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Enhancing Entrepreneurship and Professionalism in Medical Informatics Instruction: A Collaborative Training Model

Affiliations of the authors: Division of Pharmacy Practice & Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO (CAC); Department of Business and Computer Science, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO (WR); Cerner Corporation, North Kansas City, MO (MT, DC).

Correspondence and reprints: Cathryn A. Carroll, PhD, BSPharm, Director, Patient Care Services Research, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108; e-mail: <ccarroll{at}cmh.edu>

Received for publication: 09/23/03; accepted for publication: 03/15/04.

This report describes an innovative training program designed to foster entrepreneurship and professionalism in students interested in the field of medical informatics. The course was developed through a private–public interinstitutional collaboration involving four academic institutions, one private firm specializing in health care information management systems, and a philanthropic organization. The program challenged students to serve in multiple roles on multidisciplinary teams and develop an innovative hand-held solution for drug information retrieval. Although the course was technically and behaviorally rigorous and required extensive hands-on experience in a nontraditional learning environment, both students and faculty responded positively.