Preparing the next generation of advanced practice nurses.

The Institute of Medicine's vision for health professions education highlights the importance of informatics competencies for all graduates. This paper describes an innovative course, required for all graduate students at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. The design, implementation, and evaluation of NURS6013, Human Technology Interface provides evidence to support it as one model for consideration in meeting the Institute of Medicine's vision for health professions education: The course provides learning opportunities which examine the impact of technology on society and health care, informatics and human factors, as well as the legal, ethical, and policy issues related to the use of technology.