American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), the leading professional association for informatics professionals, has announced a series of new additions and enhancements to the Clinical Informatics Board Review Course (CIBRC) Online Plus. The online course is part of an education learning program for boarded physicians seeking certification in the new subspecialty of clinical informatics. The review course offers CME credit and is useful for other Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) professionals interested in advancing their careers through participation in a comprehensive clinical informatics course.
“This is the third year of CIBRC Learning Program development. Our faculty felt it was imperative to incorporate feedback on the course from learners-physicians preparing for the Board Exam – and their own experiences as clinical informaticians into the Learning Program enhancements,” said Jeffrey Williamson, M. Ed., Vice President, Education and Academic Affairs, AMIA.
“Learner feedback indicated the need for a robust pathology informatics review, a deeper question pool for self-testing, and more self-assessment tools to gauge learning progress through each of the 27 modules.”
As of May 15, CIBRC Online Plus and the CIBRC Live courses now include a new pathology informatics module, which expands the number of available CME credits from 23 to 24.
“Of the 787 physicians who became diplomates in 2013 and 2014, more than 85 percent prepared for the exam with CIBRC Online or CIBRC Live courses. We’re confident the course enhancements will serve physicians well based on course constructive feedback from diplomates who are part of AMIA’s Clinical Informatics Community of Practice (CICOP),” continued Williamson.
Other enhancements included in a 12-month subscription to the CIBRC Online Plus course are:
- Additional (25 percent more) Simulated Board Exam test questions, along with the ability to retake the Simulated Board Exam repeatedly,
- New scenario-based questions for learning modules, and
- Additional social learning capabilities: learners can submit feedback on individual questions and submit new questions that item writers will consider for inclusion in the next iteration of the course.
CIBRC Online Plus offers four core content areas that contribute to a comprehensive study plan for a physician seeking board certification in Clinical Informatics:
- 24 hours of learning content certified for CME credit,
- Learner-generated practice tests from a pool of 145 questions,
- Downloadable audio lectures,
- Faculty video reinforcing key points in modules,
- A Simulated Board Exam of 200 questions with meaningful answer feedback, and
- A Competency Tracker that develops a customized curriculum based on a learner’s assessment results.
The Clinical Informatics Board Exam takes place in October through the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) and the American Board of Pathology (ABP). The application period to sit for the Board Exam is open. Eligibility requirements are available at ABPM and ABP.
