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Moreover, the lack of studies on this area hinders the clarity about the received versus the required training skills among medical doctors. To support this research initiative, survey data have been collected from specialized medical doctors who are currently affiliated with five Jordanian universities to assess their need for HIS training. The results also aim to explore the extent of medical doctors\u2019 use of HIS resources in Jordan. Moreover, they examine whether medical doctors require additional training on using HIS resources or not, as well as the main areas of required training programs. Specifically, this paper highlights the main topics that can be suitable subjects for enhanced training programs. The results show that most respondents use HISs in their daily clinical practices. However, most of them have not taken professional training on such systems. Hence, most of the respondents reported the need for additional training programs on several aspects of HIS resources. Moreover, based on the survey results, the most significant areas that require training are biomedical data analysis, artificial intelligence in medicine, health care management, and recent advances in electronic health records, respectively. Therefore, specialized medical doctors in Jordan need training on extracting useful and potential features of HISs. Education and training professionals in healthcare are recommended to establish training programs in Jordanian healthcare centers, which can further improve the quality of healthcare.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/informatics10020035","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,10]],"date-time":"2023-04-10T03:24:18Z","timestamp":1681097058000},"page":"35","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["On the Need for Healthcare Informatics Training among Medical Doctors in Jordan: A Pilot Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Shefa M.","family":"Tawalbeh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedical Systems and Informatics Engineering Department, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3927-225X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahmed","family":"Al-Omari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedical Systems and Informatics Engineering Department, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0893-2959","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lina M. 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