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Haux R, Marschollek M, Wolf KH, Zeisberg U. Should Degree Programs in Biomedical and Health Informatics be Dedicated or Integrated? : Reflections and Recommendations after more than 40 Years of Medical Informatics Education at TU Braunschweig, including 10 Years of B.Sc. and 15 Years of M.Sc. Integrated Degree Curricula. J Med Syst 2017. [PMID: 28647790 PMCID: PMC5488149 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-017-0761-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Education in biomedical and health informatics (BMHI) has been established in many countries throughout the world. For degree programs in BMHI we can distinguish between those that are completely stand-alone or dedicated to the discipline vs. those that are integrated within another program. After running integrated degree medical informatics programs at TU Braunschweig for 10 years at the B.Sc. and for 15 years at the M.Sc level, we (1) report about this educational approach, (2) analyze recommendations on, implementations of, and experiences with degree educational programs in BMHI worldwide, (3) summarize our lessons learned with the integrated approach at TU Braunschweig, and (4) suggest an answer to the question, whether degree programs in biomedical and health informatics should be dedicated or integrated. According to our experience at TU Braunschweig and based on our analysis of publications, there is a clear dominance of dedicated degree programs in BMHI. The specialization in medical informatics within a computer science program, as offered at TU Braunschweig, may be a good way of implementing an integrated, informatics-based approach to medical informatics, in particular if a dual degree option can be chosen. The option of curricula leading to double degrees, i.e. in this case to two separate degrees in computer science and in medical informatics might, however, be a better solution.
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- Reinhold Haux
- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Muehlenpfordtstr. 23, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Muehlenpfordtstr. 23, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Muehlenpfordtstr. 23, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Muehlenpfordtstr. 23, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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Turner AM, Facelli JC, Jaspers M, Wetter T, Pfeifer D, Gatewood LC, Adam T, Li Y, Lin MC, Evans RS, Beukenhorst A, Theodoore van Mens HJ, Tensen E, Bock C, Fendrich L, Seitz P, Suleder J, Aldekhyyel R, Bridgeman K, Hu Z, Sattler A, Guo SY, Mohaimenul IM, Anggraini Ningrum DN, Tung HR, Bian J, Plasek JM, Rommel C, Burke J, Sohi H. Solving Interoperability in Translational Health. Perspectives of Students from the International Partnership in Health Informatics Education (IPHIE) 2016 Master Class. Appl Clin Inform 2017; 8:651-659. [PMID: 28636063 PMCID: PMC6241746 DOI: 10.4338/aci-2017-01-cr-0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the summer of 2016 an international group of biomedical and health informatics faculty and graduate students gathered for the 16th meeting of the International Partnership in Health Informatics Education (IPHIE) masterclass at the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. This international biomedical and health informatics workshop was created to share knowledge and explore issues in biomedical health informatics (BHI). OBJECTIVE The goal of this paper is to summarize the discussions of biomedical and health informatics graduate students who were asked to define interoperability, and make critical observations to gather insight on how to improve biomedical education. METHODS Students were assigned to one of four groups and asked to define interoperability and explore potential solutions to current problems of interoperability in health care. RESULTS We summarize here the student reports on the importance and possible solutions to the "interoperability problem" in biomedical informatics. Reports are provided from each of the four groups of highly qualified graduate students from leading BHI programs in the US, Europe and Asia. CONCLUSION International workshops such as IPHIE provide a unique opportunity for graduate student learning and knowledge sharing. BHI faculty are encouraged to incorporate into their curriculum opportunities to exercise and strengthen student critical thinking to prepare our students for solving health informatics problems in the future.
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- Anne M. Turner
- Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare
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- Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Information Technology, Hochschule Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare
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- Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington
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Ammenwerth E, Knaup P, Winter A, Bauer AW, Bott OJ, Gietzelt M, Haarbrandt B, Hackl WO, Hellrung N, Hübner-Bloder G, Jahn F, Jaspers MW, Kutscha U, Machan C, Oppermann B, Pilz J, Schwartze J, Seidel C, Slot JE, Smers S, Spitalewsky K, Steckel N, Strübing A, van der Haak M, Haux R, ter Burg WJ. On Teaching International Courses on Health Information Systems. Lessons Learned during 16 Years of Frank - van Swieten Lectures on Strategic Information Management in Health Information Systems. Methods Inf Med 2017; 56:e39-e48. [PMID: 28272648 PMCID: PMC5388878 DOI: 10.3414/me16-01-0124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 02/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Background Health information systems (HIS) are one of the most important areas for biomedical and health informatics. In order to professionally deal with HIS well-educated informaticians are needed. Because of these reasons, in 2001 an international course has been established: The Frank – van Swieten Lectures on Strategic Information Management of Health Information Systems. Objectives Reporting about the Frank – van Swieten Lectures and about our students‘ feedback on this course during the last 16 years. Summarizing our lessons learned and making recommendations for such international courses on HIS. Methods The basic concept of the Frank – van Swieten lectures is to teach the theoretical background in local lectures, to organize practical exercises on modelling sub-information systems of the respective local HIS and finally to conduct Joint Three Days as an international meeting were the resulting models are introduced and compared. Results During the last 16 years, the Universities of Amsterdam, Braunschweig, Heidelberg/Heilbronn, Leipzig as well as UMIT were involved in running this course. Overall, 517 students from these universities participated. Our students‘ feedback was clearly positive. The Joint Three Days of the Frank – van Swieten Lectures, where at the end of the course all students can meet, turned out to be an important component of this course. Based on the last 16 years, we recommend common teaching materials, agreement on equivalent clinical areas for the exercises, support of group building of international student groups, motivation of using a collaboration platform, ensuring quality management of the course, addressing different levels of knowledge of the students, and ensuring sufficient funding for joint activities. Conclusions Although associated with considerable additional efforts, we can clearly recommend establishing such international courses on HIS, such as the Frank – van Swieten Lectures.
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- Elske Ammenwerth
- Institute of Medical Informatics, UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria
- Prof. Dr. Elske Ammenwerth, Institute of Medical Informatics, UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Eduard-Wallnöfer-Zentrum 1, 6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria,
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Petra Knaup, Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany,
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Alfred Winter, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16–18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany,
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- History, Philosophy, and Ethics in Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Information and Communication, Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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- University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Braunschweig, Germany
- Symeda GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center of Information Technology and Medical Engineering, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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- University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Center of Information Technology and Medical Engineering, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department for Information Technology and Business Development, Braunschweig Medical Center, Braunschweig, Germany
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- IT Academic Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- ICT Department, Bernhoven Hospital, Uden, The Netherlands
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- Department for Information Technology, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Clinical Trial Center (CTCW), University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department UK-IT, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany
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- University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Braunschweig, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Reinhold Haux, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Muehlenpfordtstr. 23, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany,
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Willem Jan ter Burg, MSc, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O.Box 2 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
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Curioso WH, Fuller S, Garcia PJ, Holmes KK, Kimball AM. Ten years of international collaboration in biomedical informatics and beyond: the AMAUTA program in Peru. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2010; 17:477-80. [PMID: 20595317 DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2009.002196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Well-trained people are urgently needed to tackle global health challenges through information and communication technologies. In this report, AMAUTA, a joint international collaborative training program between the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and the University of Washington, which has been training Peruvian health professionals in biomedical and health informatics since 1999, is described. Four short-term courses have been organized in Lima, offering training to more than 200 graduate-level students. Long-term training to masters or doctorate level has been undertaken by eight students at the University of Washington. A combination of short-term and long-term strategies was found to be effective for enhancing institutional research and training enterprise. The AMAUTA program promoted the development and institution of informatics research and training capacity in Peru, and has resulted in a group of trained people playing important roles at universities, non-government offices, and the Ministry of Health in Peru. At present, the hub is being extended into Latin American countries, promoting South-to-South collaborations.
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