| Abstract: | While these initiatives are targeting different levels and types of students and are employing a wide range of curricular strategies and teaching methodologies, all of the institutions are focusing heavily on preparing graduates who are skilled in health informatics and able to employ EBM in their clinical practice. In various ways, all of the PIs have voiced the need to change the culture of the institution and their profession, thus making faculty development perhaps the most important component of their grant effort. Several of the institutions are piloting highly innovative approaches to teaching and faculty development, and the efforts of all seem to be enriched and enhanced by the opportunity that they have to partner with a research-intensive university. We are encouraged by these pioneering efforts and believe that collaborative efforts such as these will significantly impact integrative health and medicine. |
