title: Training biomedical and health informatics professionals in Peru: towards the development of the first graduate diploma program in the country.
abstract: In Peru, there are no formal university graduate programs in biomedical and health informatics, and there is a lack of other health informatics programs. AMAUTA, a joint program between the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima and the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle has been training Peruvian health professionals since 1999 regarding biomedical and health informatics. In 2007, UPCH is offering the first Graduate Diploma Program in Biomedical Informatics in the country.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Walter H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Curioso
authors.forename: Ann Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kimball
authors.forename: Patricia J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Segovia-Juarez
authors.forename: Jesus M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Castagnetto
authors.forename: Sherrilynne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuller
mesh_terms: D004500:Education, Graduate; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*; D010568:Peru; D014861:Washington