Informatics Skills Assessment Matrix

 

Please ring the number in each box that corresponds to how confident you are in each area.

 

0 =  No experience                   1 = not at all confident                 4 = confident

 

Word processing producing CVs letters, articles,  etc

 

0      1      2       3      4      

Generate reports including tables of results and references

 

0      1      2       3      4      

Data handling using spreadsheets  or databases producing graphs tables etc

 

0      1      2       3      4

 

Basic presentation skills using OHP acetates, handouts etc

 

0      1      2       3      4      

 

Using PowerPoint for presentations

 

 

0      1      2       3      4      

Slide shows with embedded tables/graphs

 

 

0      1      2       3      4

Perform a paper or computer based audit or research

 

0      1      2       3      4      

Clinical data input and using a computer to prescribe

 

0      1      2       3      4      

Build and maintain a reference or other complex database

 

0      1      2       3      4

 

Internet browsing skills and use of e-mail

 

 

0      1      2       3      4      

Locate and download  or store location of internet information

 

0      1      2       3      4      

 

Use the Internet to answer clinical or research questions

 

0      1      2       3      4

Use of library databases in literature searches

0      1      2       3      4      

Use of Cochrane or Medline on CD-ROM or online

 

0      1      2       3      4      

Critical appraisal or application of literature to current practice

 

0      1      2       3      4

 

 

Please add up your total score out of  60    ……...

 

What are the most important informatics skills you require (and desire)?

1.

2.

3.

©Trefor Roscoe 2004