title: Training health informatics professionals in Brazil: rationale for the development of a new certificate program.
abstract: Current graduate degree programs in Brazil cannot fulfill the demand for highly trained health informatics practitioners. We have developed an intensive six-month program to train 20 students per year. They will receive partial subsidy from our bilateral training program and receive the title of Specialist in Health Informatics. They will benefit from a curriculum involving coursework and collaborative research designed by Brazilian and US-based faculty.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. heimar@denf.epm.br
authors.forename: Heimar F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Massad
authors.forename: Eduardo P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Raymudo S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.forename: Lucila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ohno-Machado
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002568:Certification; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*