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.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. eduardo@marques.com
Eduardo P
EP
Marques
Heimar F
HF
Marin
Eduardo
E
Massad
Hamish
H
Fraser
Lucila
L
Ohno-Machado
D001938:Brazil; D016251:CD-ROM; D003479:Curriculum; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*