FCI Webinar - Core Competency Framework for Clinical Informaticians

On 29th October 2020, the Faculty of Clinical Informatics held a webinar to discuss their Core Competency Framework for Clinical Informaticians.

This session was presented by Dr Alan Hassey (GP, Chair of the FCI Education & Standards Committee and Council Member) & Prof Georgina Moulton (Professor of BioHealth Informatics and Education at The University of Manchester), who developed the Core Competency Framework for the FCI.

Summary:

The vast scope and range of activities covered by clinical informatics sometimes makes it hard to provide a short and pithy description of what the Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI) does and who we are. The Core Competencies Project (CCP) addresses this by identifying the core competencies for an individual to be recognised as a professional clinical informatician.

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics has been supported in this work by Health Education England’s Digital Readiness (DR) programme and by Prof. Georgina Moulton at the University of Manchester.

• The Core Competency Framework (CCF) describes the knowledge and skills-based competencies for all Clinical Informaticians (CIs) across health and social care. The Framework will be used in a wide range of professional and educational activities to:
• Develop accredited courses and qualifications to meet the needs of CIs at all stages of their careers.
• Enable health and care professionals to identify the knowledge and skills they need to become and develop as CIs.
• Enable employers to develop job descriptions and person specifications for appointments to CI roles across health and social care.
• Support professional appraisal and revalidation.
• Develop a standardised approach to the specialism of CI at undergraduate and postgraduate level consistent with national and international standards.

The Chair of the webinar is responsible for the content and views expressed in the webinar.

[dorothyb.]

Absolutely excellent piece of work by the faculty.