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KMID : 0603720130190030154
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Journal of Korean Society of Medical Informatics
2013 Volume.19 No. 3 p.154 ~ p.161
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IMIA Accreditation of Health Informatics Programs
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Hasman Arie
Mantas John
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Abstract
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Objectives: Health informatics programs usually are evaluated by national accreditation committees. Not always are the members of these committees well informed about the international level of (education in) health informatics. Th erefore, when a program is accredited by a national accreditation committee, this does not always mean that the program is of an in-ternational level. Th e International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) has expertise in the fi eld of education. Th e IMIA Recommendations on Education in Biomedical and Health Informatics guide curricula development. Th e goal of this article is to show that IMIA can also play the role of accreditation agency and to present the IMIA accreditation protocol and expe-riences obtained with it. Methods: Th e accreditation procedure used in the Netherlands and Belgium was taken as a template for the design of the IMIA accreditation protocol. In a trial period of one and a half year the protocol is tested out on six health informatics programs. Results: An accreditation protocol was designed. For judging the curriculum of a program the IMIA Recommendations are used. Th e institution has to write a self-assessment report and a site visit committee visits the program and judges its quality, supported by the self-assessment report and discussions with all stakeholders of the program. Conclusions: Aft er having visited three programs it appears that the IMIA accreditation procedure works well. Only a few changes had to be introduced. Writing the self-assessment report already appears to be benefi cial for the management of the program to obtain a better insight in the quality of their program.
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KEYWORD
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Accreditation, Education, Medical Informatics, International Medical Informatics Association, Quality Assurance
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