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