Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

An opportunity from ANI:

ANI Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program

The Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) is a collaboration of

organizations that represent a unified voice for nursing informatics.

ANI provides the synergy and structure needed to advance the efforts of

nursing informatics professionals in improving the delivery of patient

care.

One of ANI's objectives is to identify leadership, provide mentorship,

and encourage nursing informatics participation in national nursing

informatics activities. As part of this objective, ANI is launching the

ANI Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program. The program is

designed to enhance the leadership skills and competencies of

individuals in the following key areas:

* Communication and networking

* Strategic planning

* Negotiation and persuasion

* Leading and managing change

The program is envisioned to identify and develop emerging leaders in

nursing informatics and involve them in a two-year program to learn

about their own leadership potential, identify opportunities for

professional growth, and gain knowledge and experience necessary to

serve nursing informatics practice and/or policy. The ultimate goal of

the program is to develop a leader who is able to take a national

leadership position in an informatics-related organization.

In 2009, ANI will identify two individuals to participate in the

program. Components of the program include attendance at ANI governing

director meetings, participating at the AMIA Annual Symposium and the

HIMSS conference, and the completion of a nursing informatics leadership

project. The selected individuals will be paired with a mentor in

nursing informatics for dialogue and coaching during the two-year

program. Mentors will be selected by the ANI governing directors based

on the proposed leadership project and will be expected to provide

feedback and guidance throughout the process.

Eligibility - The program is open to individuals who hold mid-level

positions in informatics, working in health services organizations,

public health organizations and systems, nursing education, or

information system corporations. Applicants must have permanent

residency in the U.S. or its territories and be a member in good

standing of one of the ANI member organizations. Applicants must hold a

Bachelor's degree, a Master's degree is preferred and have 3-5 years of

experience in informatics.

Application - Interested individuals should submit a letter of support

from their home institution that includes a statement supporting the

individual's participation in the program. Individuals must be able to

support the travel costs required to attend the component activities

(these fees can be supported by the individual or the individual's home

institution and such support should be specified in the letter). AMIA

and HIMSS have agreed to waive the registration fees for the individual

to attend the two annual events.

In addition to this letter, applicants should submit up to a two-page

description of a topic of interest for their proposed leadership

project. The description should contain the necessary elements to

describe the topic as well as the applicant's interest in developing

additional skills in this area.

Selection - Individuals will be selected for the program based on a

demonstrated professional history of increasing leadership

responsibility; who possess the potential to have a substantial impact

on the field of nursing informatics through health care policy, health

system innovations, informatics education, or informatics research; and

have the ability to sustain involvement and devote the time for study

and interaction in the program. It is anticipated that the time

commitment for activities will be a few hours each month and will be

determined by the mentee/mentor pair. We anticipate that activities

will include readings, e-mail, phone calls, in-person meetings etc. and

will vary widely on a monthly basis.

Program Components and Presentation - In addition to attendance at the

ANI governing directors meetings, AMIA annual symposium and HIMSS

conference, the individual will write an article for CIN on the program

experience and will present the final project to the ANI governing

directors held in conjunction with the AMIA annual symposium during the

fall of year two. The mentor and mentee will provide quarterly updates

to the ANI governing directors on the progress of the program. The

mentor and mentee also agrees to serve as a potential resource for the

next incoming group of emerging leaders.

Application Deadline - September 30, 2009. Completed applications

should be sent by e-mail to Karen Greenwood ([email protected]).

[rdjfraser]

Hopefully I will eventually be able to apply for such an exciting program. Thanks for the info.