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Health Informatics
curriculum efforts in Europe
Professor John Mantas
University of Athens, Greece
Background
• Developing curricula in the field of Health and
Medical Informatics
• Universities
• Heidelberg University undergraduate course
• Postgraduate Programmes – conversion
Historical overview of Health/Medical
Informatics Education – Europe
• University of Heildelberg, Germany: One of the first
medical informatics educational program, in 1972.
• University of Paris: Included Medical Informatics teaching
modules in the Human Biology Master’s program, in the
late 1960s.
• Linkoping University of Sweden: the first program offered,
evolving from department of biomedical engineering, in
1972.
ERASMUS
Master of Science in Health Informatics
• A - Johannes-Kepler Universitat Linz IRL - Dublin University , Trinity College
• B - Vrije Universiteit Brussel NL - Rijksuniversiteit Maastricht
• B - Universiteit Gent S - Gφteborg University
• B - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven SF - University of Oulu
• DK - Kψbenhavns Universitet SF - University of Tampere
• E - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid UK - University of Glasgow
• G - Ethniko Metsovio Polytechnio , UK - London School of Economics
• G - Panepistimio Patron , Patra UK - City University , London
• G - Panepistimio Pireos, Piraeus UK - The University of Manchester
• I - Politecnico di Milano UK - United Medical & Dental Schools at
• I - Universita degli studi di Torino Guy’s & St.Thomas’ Hosp (Uni. on.),
• London
• Co-ordinator: G - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Department of Nursing
Background (cont)
European Efforts
• Council of Europe Recommendation
• Concerted Action : Eductra Project
• IT-Eductra Project
The NIGHTINGALE Project
Nursing
Informatics:
Generic
High-Level
Training in
Informatics for
Nurses;
General
Applications for
Learning and
Education
International Organisations
• European Federation for Medical Informatics
- EFMI –
Working Group on Education
Institutional Academic Membership
• International Medical Informatics Association
- IMIA –
Educational Recommendations (1998)
Revised Educational Recommendations
Endorsed by General Assembly in Hiroshima, 2009
Knowledge and Skills required
Health Informatics and related fields
Continuing Education
• Continuing education certification in HI for
health care professionals
• Life-long Learning
Educational Information
• IMIA Recommendations can be downloaded
freely from the website: http://www.imia.org
• Published in Methods of Information in Medicine:
Methods Inf Med 2010; 49: doi: 0.3414/ME5119
• Also interesting Educational information and
activities can be at the EFMI website:
http://www.efmi.org
Conclusions
• Educational efforts in Biomedical and Health
Informatics empower the healthcare
professionals
• European Coordinated efforts are required
• Professional Organisations play an important
role
• European Commission
• Education is now revisited as a powerful tool to
change the society
• As an ancient philosopher said:
• “…Education is the most successful
bloodless revolution in history…”
Thank You For
Your Kind Attention