OpenMRS Academy Fundamentals: Learning Objectives and Content for Review

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Hi everyone,

We’re steadily making our way through the four modules that will make up the OpenMRS Academy Fundamentals course!

Check it out: Based on the feedback received on Module 1, that content has been used to develop the PPT slides that will guide delivery. If you have ideas for practical activities/exercises, please share your ideas in the slide notes!

What we’re focusing on now: We’re turning our attention to Module 2 and Module 3. Here are some of the observations and suggestions for discussion:

  • Add some content to Module 3 around open source and open source communities to de-mystify open source: while open source code is freely available, there are usually costs associated with customization, deployment, and maintenance that need to be taken into consideration.
  • Module 3 is an overview of both the OpenMRS technology (think platform, concept dictionary, distributions) AND the OpenMRS community. We want to consider re-arranging the flow of content in Module 2 and Module 3 so that participants have information from Module 3 a) after learning about requirements and b) before diving into the nuts and bolts of developing and implementing OpenMRS.

Here’s what this might look like:

Module 2: Best Development and Implementation Practices

  • Agreements with the MOH and other involved parties
  • Formation of Working groups and teams
  • Planning
  • Requirements
  • Role play: Develop basic functional requirements
  • Requirements exercise feedback

Module 3: Overview: OpenMRS and the OpenMRS Community

  • Introduction: OpenMRS – the beginning
  • Open Source and Open Source Communities
  • How the OpenMRS community is organized and what you can do to contribute to OpenMRS
  • Resources and communication tools
  • OpenID, login to talk and post
  • OpenMRS Technnology in Detail
  • OpenMRS Distributions

Module 2.5: Best Development and Implementation Practices

  • System development
  • User Acceptance, feedback, change requests and approval
  • Implementation: planning, manuals, readiness assesment, installation and training
  • Maintenance and Support
  • Group exercise: Design an EMR development and implementation work plan
  • Discuss work plan

Module 4: OpenMRS Technical Review

  • Overview
  • Context
  • Building OpenMRS
  • Modules
  • Practical Exercise?

Here is a link to the original schedule.

:thinking: Let us know what you think about:

  • The content covered in Module 2: is it complete and up-to-date? What would you add? Remove? Change?
  • The content covered in Module 3: is it complete and up-to-date? What would you add? Remove? Change?
  • The proposed flow changes to Module 2 and Module 3 described above
  • And anything else you think will make this Fundamentals course better!

@marinachichava @kbediri @wanyee @christine @dictoo2002 @ball @ssmusoke

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