Clinical Informatics – 2025 review results

Current priority areas

• 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future
• Science in healthcare: Delivering the NHS Long Term Plan – The Chief Scientific Officer’s strategy

Stakeholder feedback

Feedback collecting through the Curriculum Library survey collected between January 2024 and November 2025. All stakeholder feedback is presented verbatim.

S-HI-R1 Introduction to Health Informatics

• no feedback received

S-HI-R2 Introduction to Business Intelligence

• no feedback received

S-HI-S1 Data Science and Engineering

• no feedback received

S-HI-S2 Systems Development and Design

Training activities

• 11 – I noticed that Training activity 11 in the Bioinformatics Genomics module is also highly relevant to systems development in Clinical Health Informatics. Consider adding it as an additional Training task / alternative task to 10 (Devise and write project documentation to introduce interoperability between existing systems) or incorporating it with 10
  • Training activity information
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  • Details
  • Use existing formats and coding/classification schemes to exchange data between systems
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  • Type
  • Developmental training activity (DTA)
  • Evidence requirements
  • Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee​.
  • Reflection on the activity at one or more time points after the event including learning from the activity and/or areas of the trainees practice for development.
  • An action plan to implement learning and/or to address skills or knowledge gaps identified.
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  • Considerations
  • Use of relevant formats, standards and coding/classification schemes to ensure interoperability
  • Use of clinical messaging protocols e.g., HL7 or FHIR
  • Compatibility of systems
  • Data exchange
  • The role of health informatics in ensuring interoperability and efficient data exchange across systems

S-HI-S3 Policy, Strategy and Operations

• no feedback received

S-HI-S4 Digital Health Tools and Clinical Decision Making

• no feedback received

S-HI-S5 Artificial Intelligence

• no feedback received

Changes made

Module level changes

• no changes made

Programme level changes

• no changes made

Periodic review

This specialty curriculum requires significant change beyond the scope of an annual review.

Response – no

Rationale

Please provide an overview of the rationale for why the proposed changes are needed or why changes were not needed, with reference to stakeholder feedback.

Response – no Lead Editor, no changes made

I confirm I have reviewed the Reflective Practice Guidance for ETAs and DTAs and have made any changes necessary.

Specialty Lead Editor signature: no Lead Editor
Date: no date provided

Change control - completed by the school

Programme structure

• no changes made

Completed by: Chris Fisher
Date: 6 January 2026

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) mapping

• no changes to learning outcomes, HCPC mapping maintained

Completed by: Chris Fisher
Date: 6 January 2026