Training in health informatics in Brazil.
Developing countries, such as Brazil, are increasingly suffering from a severe shortage of health informatics specialists. Training of professionals in this field is expensive, and there is a limited supply of high-quality teaching resources available. We report on five initiatives of the Brazil/USA training program in health informatics. The main goal of this program is to train professionals in establishing medical informatics programs in Brazilian universities and major healthcare facilities.
Marques
Eduardo P
EP
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. eduardo@marques.com
Marin
Heimar F
HF
Massad
Eduardo
E
Fraser
Hamish
H
Ohno-Machado
Lucila
L
D001938:Brazil; D016251:CD-ROM; D003479:Curriculum; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*