title: An abridged history of medical informatics education in europe.
abstract: This contribution presents the development of medical informatics education in Europe. It does not discuss all developments that took place. Rather it discerns several themes that indicate the progress in the field, starting from the initiation phase to the final quality control phase.
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasman
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Laboratory, Universityof Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mantas
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Cybernetics and Informatics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Tatyana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zarubina
keywords: EFMI; Medical informatics; WG1.; education