May 30 Education Telecon

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Reviewed grid using prior enrollment numbers as a guide.
Invited Simone to meetings. Asked her to be part of Education committee and she agreed. Cannot make all calls.
Created FHIR Experience idea - to be piloted at Sept WGM. A draft of the plan has been sent to education committee for review.
Discussed FHIR proficiency and noted that it needs more marketing
Discussed HL7 Fundamentals. Agreed to cut it to 12 weeks and teach 3 times a year.
Discussed created of distance learning FHIR Intermediate and Advanced programs
Noted that lower rates for lower income and middle income countries is desired.
Sadhana noted that on Thursday afternoon, the instructors of the SMART on FHIR/CDS Hooks class felt that it would have been better with immediate hands on work. Suggested it occur before the connectathon.
- Training discussions sparked conversation about course formats. Virginia noted that all classes should have some level of interaction and that they can't all occur before a connectathon. Discussed that pre-work for a class helps to make class more productive. Gora had an example from a hands on online class he recently participated in. Recommendation that FHIR Experience from pre-work assignment. Sadhana said that when students come to class it won't be done there - just solutions reviewed. Gora also noted how his online class was interactive and they provided a server to do exercises on and also had pre-work.
Virginia elected chair.

Sadhana reported that HL7 has been running many webinars and this is helping with revenue.

Small edits and discussion around grid (see updated grid)
one empty slot was discovered and we discussed filling it with a policy oriented class such as US Governemnt Perspective on Promoting Interoperability. Discussed asking folk like Mark Segal head of HL7 policy committee or Lorraine Doo senior policy person at CMS active in HL7. Subsequently discovered there was not an empty spot. However, policy related topics around interoperability in US seem timely for Baltimore. Sadhana to ask Chuck what the plenary will cover. Note that Mark Segal has expressed a willingness to do members only value webinar(s).

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