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Hello, Thanks for the responses! Yes, I am told that it for the actual EPIC software. The college and hospital that is rolling out EPIC have a strong relationship. That is the only reason I think they will be teaching it at the college. Like I said , they would train me first. I had not heard of it being taught at the colleges either. If you are interested in how it works out I will let you know. Any idea the training I would get? I know it's 6 weeks (I was told) long. I don't think the main gal knows more than what she told me because it's all new to them and still in the planning stages. Thanks!

Hi all, I am 41, have 11 years nursing experience. I have not done any nursing for 6 years. I now have a small computer repair business. I am CompTia A+ certified computer technician. I want to break into the informatics field. I will be finishing my Master's Degree in Health Care Administration/ Informatics in July 2011. A local hospital is starting to roll out EPIC upgrade very soon. In talking to the hospital IT recruiter yesterday he stated that they are set on trainers at the moment. They have already sent a handful of nurse to get Epic training last Spring and that getting a chance to get Epic trained "is like getting hit by lightning." I think he may think that I may be overqualified to be a trainer. He said that I should contact vendors like McKesson, EPIC, and Cerner directly. When I talked to EPIC they say that you need to get trained at a facility that is implementing the software. Confusing. Anyone have any personal experience? Is there a good way to break in? The recruiter also made it seem like they wanted people already working at the hospital. I would wager that I am more qualified than 90% of them. I have another opportunity at a local nursing college to teach nursing students EPIC. They are "very interested" although the course program is not build yet, several months out. I was told that there was 6 weeks of intense training involved. Does anyone know what this training could be? I am thinking training like a "superuser." EPIC has all kinds of certifications of course. Anyone made the jump from a superuser to other certs? Any other insight would be appreciated!