Last update: May 2007

Objectives:

• To disseminate and exchange information on Health and Medical Informatics (HMI) programs and courses
• To advance the knowledge of: (1) how informatics is taught in the education of health care professionals in Europe, (2) how in particular health and medical informatics is taught to students of computer science/informatics, and (3) how it is taught within dedicated curricula in health and medical informatics..
• To promote database on programs and courses on HMI education.
• To produce international recommendations on HMI programmes and courses.
• To support HMI courses and exchange of students and teachers.

Recent Activities:

• A meeting of interesting parties and members of the WG was held during the MIE2006 Conference in Maastricht to discuss issues related to the working group.
• The STC conference "Health and Medical Informatics Applications - Educational Aspects" took place in Athens, Greece in 19-20 March 2005, and was supported by EFMI WG EDU
• Publication of a book which identifies issues associated with the Globalization of Health Informatics Education. IOS Press, Volume 109, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Edited by: E.J.S. Hovenga and J. Mantas 2004, 276 pp., hardcover ISBN: 1 58603 454 5.
• Special issue of Methods on Information in Medicine publish a selection of papers of the above event.
• Webpages of this working group are accessible via the EFMI portal at http://www.efmi.org
• Recent discussions of WG members initiated the revision of recommendations on HMI Education. Similar discussions during the 4th Samos Conference on ICICTH (International Conference on Information Communication Technology on Health) confirmed members intention to proceed for revision of the recommendations by forming a Task Force chaired by the WG EDU chair

Activities:

• An EFMI Special Topic Conference was held in Athens on 19-20 March 2005 according to the decision taken during the EFMI Council meeting in Munich. The main theme was Health Informatics Applications - Educational Aspects
• Members of EFMI WG on Education have participated in the publication of the book titled “Global Health Informatics Education” edited by E. Hovenga and J. Mantas, published by IOS Press, Amsterdam 2004.
• During the MEDINFO Conference 2004 a joint workshop (IMIA and EFMI) will be organized to accommodate educational issues. A database collecting educational material across Europe will be developed and tested. The purpose of it is to collect and distribute freely material for educational purposes to educational institutions in Europe facilitating the idea of Education in Health Informatics. Also the process of updating of the educational material developed by the IT Eductra and Nightingale projects will be initiated.
• The last activities of WG6 were organized in San Malo, 2003. In San Malo during MIE2003 a formal workshop was held. During the workshop presentations were made by a number of speakers in the area of Training and Education in Medical Informatics.
  The idea of building up a database collecting educational material across Europe has been accepted at the workshop. The purpose is to collect and distribute freely material for educational purposes to educational institutions in Europe facilitating the idea of Education in Health Informatics.
  Also it has been decided during the St. Malo Workshop that the educational material developed by the IT Eductra and Nightingale projects will be updated.
• Educational issues have been discussed also during the ICICTH Conference that was held in Samos Island on 11-13 July, 2003. Panel participants included R. Engelbrecht, A. Hasman, R. Haux, and J. Mantas.

For further information on the WG EDU please visit the website: http://195.134.125.141/wgedu

Chair:
Prof. John Mantas
Health Informatics Laboratory
Faculty of Nursing
University of Athens
123 Papadiamantopoulou Street,
GR-11527 Athens, Greece.
Tel: +30-210-7461459/60
Fax: +30-210-7461461
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Co-chair/Secretary:
Prof. Arie Hasman
Dept. of Medical Informatics
Academic Medical Centre
University of Amsterdam
Meibergdreef 15,
1105 AZ Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
Tel: +31-205-665-184
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