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| Contact: Prof. Arie Hasman University of Limburg Dept. of Medical Informatics PO Box 616 NL-6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands Tel.: +31-43-388.22.41 / 22.42 Fax: +31-43-367.10.52 E-mail: hasman@mi.rulimburg.nl |
The project examined the way in which education and training in informatics and telematics in the health professions is organised in Europe. It started with a workshop held in Brussels in June 1992 in order to prepare the Concerted Action. The objective was to co-ordinate existing research and development activities. Since the topic education and training in health informatics was considered too broad to be covered, it was decided to focus on education and training in health informatics of professionals (including physicians, nurses, managers, etc.).
Since IT can only be used efficiently and effectively by people who have had some training in the use of this technology and who have also been introduced into the broader aspects of health informatics, it is mandatory that professionals receive training and education in this field.
The participants agreed about the need to:
In Track I the representatives of the member states surveyed the status of training and education in IT in their country. This survey provided an overview of the current situation.
In Track II possible training needs for patient groups were analysed. However, on the basis of a position paper it was decided that further activities in this area were out of the reach of the project.
In Track III existing educational programs were combined into a software package. This led to the ELITE product, a software showcase with both DOS and Windows versions.
Almost uniformly a lack is observed in the knowledge of healthcare professionals with regards to the possibilities and limitations of computer systems. Due to this lack of knowledge computer systems are often either regarded as a solution for all problems or as a threat. Also the lack of training may cause a sensation of "lost time" when healthcare professionals nevertheless are trying to use computer systems. This will finally result in a refusal to use computers.
The amount of knowledge about IT varies not only per country but even per region within countries, can be different for different professional groups and understandably depends on the age of the professional.
In almost every country health care workers use stand-alone PC's. Courses in the use of packages like dBASE, WP, Harvard Graphics, statistical packages, etc. are usually offered. GP's are increasingly using PC's. It can be concluded that the use of PC's for dedicated applications is appreciable. Only in some countries local area networks are used on a large scale.
In most countries hospitals and other health care institutions have installed information systems for administrative purposes. Only in a few countries the larger hospitals have also installed computer systems to support the medical services.
In most countries medical schools provide some courses in health informatics. Also in nursing schools some courses in health informatics are offered but usually the number of hours is small. It can be concluded that the situation concerning health informatics at the universities is far from optimal. In a large number of countries there are no departments of health informatics.
In post-graduate training the offerings of courses in IT and health informatics are of variable content and quality. This may be a consequence of the limited number of experts in health informatics.
The role of vendors in education and training is small. Usually a number of employees is trained in the use of their systems. They become the trainers of the remaining employees.
Education and training is provided via various delivery methods ranging from training by peers, computer aided instruction to distance learning .
On the basis of the results of the survey, guidelines for the contents of a curriculum that is meant for various groups of professionals were proposed. By defining such a European curriculum courses that have been developed according to these guidelines in one country can also be used in other countries. The final guidelines were available and presented in December 1994. The results of the Concerted Action were presented in a book published by IOS Press in the series "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics" vol. 25, 1995, entitled: "Education and Training in Health Informatics in Europe". Three hundred copies were disseminated to interested partners (see bibliography). This hook does not only contain the guidelines, but also examples of how the guidelines can he implemented.
The ELITE diskette, with examples of teaching programmes, was available and demonstrated at the AIM Final Conference in Lisbon, December 1994.
The project also wanted to develop courses on the basis of the guidelines, therefore a project proposal IT EDUCTRA was written and submitted to the Fourth Framework. This proposal was accepted. In the coming years courses in Health Informatics will be made available to all interested parties. The results of EDUCTRA have also been presented in a number of conferences and have been published in scientific journals.
| Prof. A. Albert Informatique médicale CHU du sart Tilman (b35) B-4000 Liege, Belgium Tel.: +32-41-56.25.91 | Prof. Leo Bossaert Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine Wilrijkstraat 10 B-2650 Edegem Antwerp, Belgium Tel.: +32-3-829.11.11 Fax: +32-3-828.48.82 |
| Mr Niels Stockmarr Centre Leader, Video-medie Centret Carl Nielsens Allé 9 DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Tel.: +45-31-29.02.29 Fax: +45-31-908.72 | Mr Christian Nøhr Aalborg University Dept of Communication and Planning Frbijerstraede 2 DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark Tel.: +45-98-15.85.22 Fax: +45-98-15.32.98 |
| Prof. W. Van der Kooij Head of the Expercentre Health Care Hogeschool Van Amsterdam Sector Gezondheidszorg Informatiekunde Vlaardingenlaan 3 NL-1059 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel.: +31-20-669.05.51 Fax: +31-20-615.65.34 | Prof. Dr. Ir. Arie Hasman University of Limburg Medical Informatics PO Box 616 NL-6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands Tel.: +31-43-88.22.42 / 22.41 Fax: +31-43-67.10.52 |
| Prof. B. Auvert Informatique Médicale Hospital Ambroise Paré 9 Avenue Charles de Gaulle F-92104 Boulogne Cedex, France Tel.: +33-1-49.09.56.69 Fax: +33-1-49.09.58.27 | Prof. Rüdiger Klar Klinikum der Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg Abteilung Medizinische Informatik Stefan-Meier-Str. 26 D-7800 Freiburg, Germany Tel.: +49-761-203.30.32 / 30.33 Fax: +49-761-203.48.38 |
| Dr. Josef Michel Humboldt-Universität Berlin Bereich Medizin Institut für Med. Informatik und Biometrie Schumannstr. 20/21 D-1040 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49-30-28.97.23.06 | Dr. V.A. Haralambides Centre of Continuing Medical Education PO Box 74240 Kaisariani GR-16000 Athens, Greece Tel.: +30-1-722.99.89 / 512.19.21 Fax: +30-1-721.74.00 |
| Prof. P. Behrakis University of Athens Lab. of Experimental Physiology Mikras Assias 75 Goudi GR-11527 Athens, Greece Tel.: +30-1-777.11.51 / 692.55.01 Fax: +30-1-777.52.95 | Mrs Maura Madden Institute of Public Administration 57-61 Lansdowne Rd. IRL-Dublin 4, Ireland Tel.: +353-1-68.62.33 Fax: +353-1-68.91.35 |
| Prof. Dr. Eunice McCarthy Department of Psychology University College Dublin Belfield IRL-Dublin 4, Ireland Tel.: +353-1-269.32.44 Fax: +353-1-289.44.09 | Mrs Christine Thayer Council of Europe Health Division PO Box 431 56 F-67006 Strasbourg Cedex, France Tel.: +33-88-41.21.74 Fax: +33-88-41.27.85 |
| Dr. Luigi di Cecco Istituto Di Ginecologia e Ostetricia Viale Benedetto XV°, No°10 Padiglione 1 I-16132 Genova, Italy Tel.: +39-1-353.75.88 Fax: +39-1-353.76.45 | Prof. Antonio Chiesa Director Istituto de Radiologia Spedali Civili de Brescia I-25175 Brescia, Italy Tel.: +39-30-39.59.00 Fax: +39-30-39.59.00 |
| Marta Lima Basto Director Escola Superior de Enfermagem Maria Fernanda Resende Ava Brasil - 53 B P-1700 Lisboa, Portugal Tel.: +351-1-797.33.21 Fax: +351-1-793.91.04 | Prof. Manuel A. Coimbra Sobrinho Simoes Professor of Pathology, Chairman Institut of Moleculer Pathology Faculty of Medicine of Universidade do Porto Al. Prof. Hernani Monteiro P-4200 Porto, Portugal Tel.: +351-2-49.05.91 Fax: +351-2-410.39.40 |
| Prof. Josep Roma Millan Chief Service of Education and Training Institut d'Estudis de la Salut (IES) Generalitat de Catalunya Rda. Sant Pere 19-21, 3 E-08010 Barcelona, Spain Tel.: +34-3-412.16.16 Fax: +34-3-412.11.22 | Prof. José Luis Martin Jiménez Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública Campus Universitario de la Cartuja Ap de Correos 2070 E-19080 Granada, Spain Tel.: +34-958-27.50.44 Fax: +34-958-27.05.51 |
| Mr Paul Adams NHS Training Directorate St Bartholomew's Court 18 Christmas Street Bristol BS1 5BT, U.K. Tel.: +44-272-29.10.29 Fax: +44-272-25.05.74 | Mr Paul Wainwright Mid & West Wales College of Nursing and Midwifery Meadow Building University College of Swansea Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K. Tel.: +44-792-29.57.89 Fax: +44-792-29.54.87 |
| Mrs Marianne Tallberg Chairman, EFMI Nursing Working Group Katajaharjuntic 10c SF-0200 Helsinki, Finland Tel.: +358-0-67.58.87 Fax: +358-0-682.11.29 | Prof. Tim de Dombal (*) University of Leeds Clinical Information Science Unit 22 Hyde Terrace Leeds LS2 9LN, U.K. Tel.: +44-532-33.49.61 Fax: +44-532-42.90.78 (*) Deceded 31.12.95 contact: Dr. S. Clamp |
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