Transforming the University: Final Report of the Knowledge Management Technology Task Force

Documents (final report and executive summary) providing recommendations to improve the Academic Health Center by incorporating electronic technology in education and in patient health services.The Knowledge Management Technology Task Force was charged to envision how, over the next five years, the Academic Health Center (AHC) will use electronic technology in education and health service delivery to provide outstanding and cutting-edge academic programs and practice. This task is necessary due to the rapidly changing context for health professional education: Health professional education and care delivery are undergoing rapid digitization; information is being generated and disseminated at increasingly fast rates; educational models are shifting from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning; and health professional education and care delivery are becoming more closely coupled