Methods Inf Med 1992; 31(01): 60-70
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634857
Special Report
Schattauer GmbH

Recommendations of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology for Education and Training in Medical Informatics

R. Haux
1   University of Heidelberg
,
J. Dudeck
2   University of Gießen
,
W. Gaus
3   University of Ulm
,
F. J. Leven
4   Polytechnical School Heilbronn
,
H. Kunath
5   Medical Academy Dresden
,
J. Michaelis
6   University of Mainz
,
D. P. Pretschner
7   University of Hildesheim
,
H.-G. Sonntag
1   University of Heidelberg
,
R. Thurmayr
8   Technical University of Munich
,
E. Wolters
9   Polytechnical School Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany
,
On behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS) › Author Affiliations
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Publication Date:
08 February 2018 (online)

Abstract:

In the fields of health care and medicine there is an immense demand for a systematic application of methods of information processing and for the use of computers. Obviously, to that end well-trained scientists and qualified personnel must be available. With the present recommendations on education and training in medical informatics the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS) proposes structure and contents of medical informatics curricula and courses. The recommendations describe a 2-dimensional educational framework with different educational levels in one dimension and various types of educational needs and orientation in the other one. The recommendations comprise at the university level education as well specialized curricula covering the total spectrum of medical informatics as well as informatics curricula with medical informatics as integrated applied subject or subsidiary subject, respectively. Besides these informatics-oriented approaches medical-oriented programs of education in medical informatics are recommended, e.g., post-graduate education in medical informatics for physicians based on foundations in medical informatics as part of their initial training in medicine. At the level of polytechnical schools curricula of medical documentation and informatics and at the level of professional schools training in medical documentation are recommended. This report is a translation of its German original. Although considered by the GMDS as recommendations for the Federal Republic of Germany, the text may also contribute to the development of an international, especially European framework of training in medical informatics.

 
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