Wanted: Informatics Resources and Learning Activities (Teaching with Technology: Emerging Technology) (Personal Account‪)‬

EACH YEAR. members of the advisory committees of the Bureau of Health Professions (BHP), Health Resources and Services Administration, meet for an All-Advisory Committee meeting to discuss important interprofessional issues. This year, we examined interprofessional education with a focus on competencies. Several documents, including the Institute of Medicine's Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality (Greiner & Knebel, 2003) and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) (Cronenwett et al., 2007), provided guidance for our work. As a member of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP), I was on a working group focused on informatics competencies. As you can imagine, I was excited about the opportunity to dialogue with colleagues and learn about what other health care professions are doing in the area of informatics. While I was disappointed to learn that other health professions do not appear to be addressing informatics, I was proud that nursing is a leader in this area. Nursing has already recognized the importance of informatics and has begun the journey to identify informatics competencies.