Education in health and nursing informatics.

This chapter focused on some of the key issues of Health and Nursing Informatics Education. First an historical overview of Health and Nursing Informatics Education is presented. We also describe briefly the activities in the domain of Nursing Informatics Education across Europe. The Special Projects for Health and Nursing Informatics in Europe are presented. Because of the variety of educational systems, the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) felt the need to develop international recommendations in health and medical informatics education. From a nursing informatics perspective, the IMIA recommendations in Nursing Informatics Education are discussed.