Open Educational Resources (OERs) in Health Informatics
| Published | October 2020 |
| Book title | Informatics Education in Healthcare: Lessons Learned Chapter 20, Pages 277-285 |
| Publisher | Springer, Cham |
| Editor | Berner, Eta S. |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
Open educational resources (OERs) are online resources that are freely available for use by students and educators. This chapter describes two major OER efforts in health informatics, discussing both their contributions and limitations. These resources can provide value to educators but also likely require maintenance to be most useful.| Keywords | open educational resources · ONC Health IT Curriculum · NIH Big Data to Knowledge BD2K Program |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-3-030-53812-5 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-030-53813-2_20 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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