Needs Assessment Specialist Registrars - Introduction to Health Informatics

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1 Needs Assessment Specialist Registrars - Introduction to Health Informatics Section 1 Your Personal Needs q1a 1. Do you have any idea of what you would like to get out of the course in terms of knowledge or skills? (Please write in box below) q1b Knowledge: Skills: q1c q1d q1e q1f q1g q1h 2. Do you have any worries or anxieties or special needs concerning the course? (Please write in box below) q2a q2b q2c 3. Have you have any bad experiences with courses dealing with similar topic areas? (Please write in box below) q3_a q3_b q3_c Files: Belfast SPect reg nds assess

2 Section 2 Present Role 4. Does your present role involve...(please fill in one bubble for each question) Being personally involved in the selection of computer systems? The development of computer systems and/or data requirements? 5. Considering your present role, do you feel your current level of computing skills and knowledge are: (Please fill in one bubble) very inadequate slightly inadequate adequate above that required q6a 6. If you felt that your computing skills and knowledge were inadequate IN YOUR CURRENT ROLE, in any way, please specify in the box below: q6b q6c q6d 7. How do you see the knowledge and skills gained in this course helping you IN YOUR CURRENT ROLE? (Please write in box below) q7a q7b q7c q7d Section 3 Planned Career 8. What position do you aspire to? (Please write in box below) q8a 9. How do you see the knowledge and skills gained in this course helping you IN YOUR PLANNED CAREER? (Please write in box below) q9a q9b q9c 10. Do you wish to eventually be involved in computing or informatics in any way? (Please fill in one bubble)

3 Section 4 Sources of Computing Knowledge 11. Which of the following sources of computing knowledge applies to yourself? (Please fill in all bubbles that apply) 1. Colleagues 2. Family/Children 3. In House Computing Professionals 4. In House Non Computing Professionals 5. External Computing Consultants 6. Formal Training (specify qualifications): 7. External Consultants 'other (non medical)' 8. Medical Publications 9. Computing & Non-Medical Pubs 10. Systems Supplier (via support/training) 11. NHS Conferences 12. Drug Firms (e.g. Conferences) q11a q11b 12. From the above list which source of computer knowledge do you consider to be the most important for yourself? (please specify the list number in the box below) q12a 13. Are there any other important sources of computer knowledge you have used which were not listed above? (please specify in the box below) q13a Section 5 Exposure to Computer Systems This section is concerned with the level of exposure you may have had concerning various computer systems. q13b q13c 14. Do you have a computer at home WHICH YOU USE? 15. How familiar are you with the following software packages? (please fill in one bubble for each question) Never heard of Word Processing Databases (eg DBase /Paradox) Spreadsheets (e.g. Excel) Desktop Publishing (e.g. Pagemaker) Graphics (e.g. Corel Draw) Epi Info Statistical (e.g. SPSS, Minitab) Project Management Laboratory Systems GP-UK Medline Multi-Media Games The Internet 16. Have you used any other type of software? (please write in box below) yes wpr dbase ssheets stats labsys no Aware of Used inter q16a q16b

4 17. For which of the following tasks do you PERSONALLY use a computer? (please fill in all bubbles that apply) Patient registration Appointments Repeat Prescribing Acute prescribing Viewing clinical data Entry of clinical data (some consultations) Or Entry of clinical data (all consultations) Flagging of tasks (e.g. opportunistic screening) Workload Analysis Research Guidelines/ Protocols Financial Forecasting Training programmes Requesting X rays Requesting Blood tests Requesting other services: Waiting Times Other (please specify): q17a q17b q17c q17d 18. Please provide details of other relevant uses for which you may have used a computer? (please write in box below) q18a q18b q18c q18d

5 gprac stagree agree disagree stdisagree Section 6 Attitude Towards Clinical Computer Systems This section enquires about your attitudes towards computers in the clinical area. 19. You feel that clinical computer systems will, in the not too distant future,... (please fill in one bubble for each question) strongly demand agree agree disagree strongly disagree do not understand question demand little effort from users to learn how to use them be portable and flexible so that necessary individuals can access them at any time and place simu simulate doctors' thought processes threat threaten personal and professional privacy impr improve the cost efficiences of tests and therapies cook result in reliance on 'cookbook' medicine and diminish doctors' judgement cofc decrease the cost of care display common sense sense thicomp force doctors to think like computers notdate depend on knowledge that cannot be kept up to date easily ethic result in serious ethical and legal problems govcont increase government control over the medical profession malf be unreliable because of computer malfunction doctim result in more efficient use of doctors' time gadg alienate doctors because of electronic gadgetry spec increase the need for computer specialists dehumanise medical practice patim enhance the patients' image of doctors docim threaten the doctors' self image become the standard for good practice hosp reduce the need for hospital specialists

6 Unaware of aware of partially understand Fully understand Unaware of Aware of Paritally understand Fully understand Unaware of Aware of Paritally understand Fully understand Unware of Aware of Partially Understand Fully understand Unaware of Aware of Partially understand Fully Understand Unware of Aware of Partially understand Fully understand Unware of Aware of Partially understand Fully understand Unware of Aware of Partially understand Fully understand Unware of Aware of Partially Understand Fully understand Section 7 Computing Knowledge This section is concerned with assessing your level of computing knowledge. Please do not worry if you are unable to answer most of the questions as they have been designed to allow for the assessment of an individual who would be considered a computer professional and may also just happen to be a specialist registrar. Hopefully at the end of the course you will be able to answer them? 20. How would you rate your own computer knowledge / skills? (please fill in one bubble) non starter Beginner Intermediate Advanced Professional q20a Other (Please specify): The following sets of questions seek to discover your level of knowledge and skills regarding computing. Please consider the list below which consists of a number of terms found in computing. 21. How familiar are you with each of the following computing terms? (please fill in one bubble for each term) Computing term Unaware of Aware Understand of Partially Fully Floppy Disk Hard Disk DOS Directory Structure Random Access Memory (RAM) Relationship in a Database Dynamic data type Tape streamer EDIFACT Optical Scanner ODDOO PRINCE or any other project management method suitable for software development Data Flow Diagrams Checklands Soft systems methodology STEP Entity C++

7 Unaware of aware of Can do Can teach Unaware of Aware of can do teach Unaware of Aware of do Fully understand The list below consists of a number of technical skills found in computing. 22. How familiar are you with each of the following computing skills? (please fill in one bubble for each skill) Opening a file Computing Skill Unaware of Aware of BUT unable to do Can DO Can DO & Teach Using a mouse Using 'cut and paste' in a word processor Backing up data onto a external device (e.g. floppy disc, tape steamer, removable hard disk etc.) Exporting data from a software package Importing data from a software package into a spreadsheet application Importing data into a database consisting of one table Importing data into a database consisting of several related tables Writing MACROS for spreadsheet or a word processor Write SQL or QBE commands to interrogate a database Writing a program. Please specify the language used: q22a Creating a software design document using data flow / entity / object diagrams etc. Installing an ethernet card or using serial cable to connect terminals Configuring an intelligent keyboard 23. If you have any other computing skills which you feel are important please list them below: q23a q23b

8 Section 8 Personal Details 24. How many years have you been qualified? (Please enter a seperate digit in each box) years: 25. How many years have you been in your present role? (Please enter a seperate digit in each box) years: 26. How old are you in years? (Please enter a seperate digit in each box) years: 27. What sex are you? (Please fill in one bubble) male female 28. Do you belong to a computer society of any kind? (Please fill in one bubble) 29. Do you have any formal role relating to computing outside of your job? (Please fill in one bubble) 30. Please state your specialty? (Write in the box below) q30a 31. Please write any optional comments that you think will be of interest to the course leader in the box below: q31a q31b q31c Returning this Questionnaire Please place in the envelope provided and return to the address marked on the front of this questionnaire. Thank you once again for taking the time and effort to complete this necessarily long questionnaire which will form the basis of your needs assessment for the course.