Teaching IT in Health Care and Nursing Program--Experiences

From buying transport tickets (railway, bus, metro, airplane) up to shopping (books, tourist trips, clothes, food,..) and visiting cultural events (theater, cinema, concerts) or medical doctors (medicine prescriptions, illness, regular examination) activities connected to the information technology (IT) are needed and requested from professionals, participating in one or another above mentioned process. We would like to point out that every visit to the medical doctor nowadays requests the cooperation of IT. But are medical doctors and nurses really sufficiently equipped with knowledge about IT - which is in part their working environment? Without doubt, more knowledge about the possibilities, benefits, possible mistakes and their consequences related to IT is needed for being used adequately in the health services. In the paper we will present experiences which aim at moving those possible obstacles and targets in this field. In general, we will shortly present the health care and nursing study program. Additionally, we will focus on different for health care important IT areas. The paper will also discuss the experiences and assessments which are acquired during the last years by students.