Educators and trainers in health informatics are responsible for making sure that staff are able to use the latest technology so that the benefits it offers for patient care are realised.
This page has information on the education and training roles in health informatics and links to further information.
Working life
Technology offers significant benefits to health and health care. Health staff need to be trained to use technology for these benefits to be realised. Working in training or IT departments and clinical areas, education and training staff train healthcare professionals in computer literacy, clinical systems and other applications, and in the use of IT systems, applications and software. This includes the latest IT developments in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and diseases.
Roles in education and training
Explore some of the roles in education and training in health informatics:
Training administrator
A training administrator is responsible for the administration of IT training within an organisation. Typical responsibilities include:
- publicising available training courses
- scheduling courses and coordinating bookings
- maintaining training records, resources and websites
Trainer
A trainer:
- identifies learning needs
- designs and develops training materials and resources
- plans and delivers training
- supports and assesses learners
Training manager
A training manager is likely to be a senior figure within a team or department. The role will be varied and is likely to involve:
- managing provision of training across an organisation or area
- planning, delivering and evaluating a range of training and development programmes to meet strategic and operational needs
- working with a wide range of staff to identify future training requirements and providing advice on appropriate training provision
- providing advice to the organisation on improving the quality of training development, delivery and evaluation
- managing the productivity, efficiency and effectiveness of the training and the training team