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Tips and Tricks to Get Informatics Experience

Ask

Ask your institution's clinical informatics team for opportunities to get involved
Cold email informaticians to gain insight into their work
If your institution is planning an informatics project, volunteer to get involved

Take Action

Attend networking events
Create or update your LinkedIn so that others know you are interested in informatics

Learn

Pursue a masters of health informatics
Learn about project management, a significant part of many informatics jobs
Take online courses (e.g. LinkedIn Learning)
Attend webinars and listen to podcasts to stay up-to-date on informatics projects happening around the world
Read books on informatics topics