Summary
Objectives Health Information systems training is one of the bottlenecks in clinical systems
implementation. In this article, a strategy to massively create and train interdisciplinary
coordinating teams is described for a project in Uruguay at FEMI, a non-academic setting
which includes 23 health care institutions across the country and a tertiary referral
center in Montevideo.
Methods A series of educational activities were designed for the local coordinating teams.
They included both onsite and online formats, site visits, integrated with some of
the project tasks.
Results In total, 128 professionals from all the Institutions participated in one or more
of the training sessions (onsite and online) and 87 of them accomplished one of the
forms of training.
Conclusions Massive basic health informatics training was possible in Uruguay through collaboration
with academic institutions at the country and regional level. Next steps include an
active involvement of nurses in the educational events and planning of massive training
of end users.
Keywords
Uruguay - South America - information systems - inservice training
