title: Medical informatics education: basic assumption for successful implementation of information technology in the health care sector.
abstract: In the paper we mention the trends in medical informatics education and we present the development of medical informatics education in the Czech Republic. The actual situation at Czech faculties giving pregraduate courses covering medical informatics topics is described. The enhanced development of medical informatics education via European cooperation is shown. Finally, new approaches to medical informatics education using Internet and special educational software are mentioned.
authors.affiliation: European Center for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zvárová
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends