Jaspers M W M, Gardner R M, Gatewood L C, Haux R, Schmidt D, Wetter T
Department of Medical Informatics, American Medical College, University of Amsterdam, J2-259, P.O. Box 22700, 1000 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Methods Inf Med. 2005;44(1):25-31.
To inform the medical and health informatics community on the rational, goals, and the achievements of the International Partnership for Health Informatics Education--IPHIE, (I phi E), that was established at six universities in 1999.
We elaborate on the overall goals of I phi E and describe the current state of affairs: the activities undertaken and faculty and student experience related to these activities. In addition we outline the lessons we have learned over these past six years and our plans for the future.
I phi E members first started to collaborate by supporting and encouraging the exchange of talented students and faculty and by establishing joint master classes for honors students. Following the success of these activities, new initiatives were undertaken such as the organization of student workshops at medical informatics conferences and a joint course on strategic information management in hospitals in Europe.
International partnerships such as I phi E take time to establish, and, if they are to be successful, maintaining leadership continuity is critically important. We are convinced that I phi E promotes professionalism of future medical informatics specialists. There will be a continuing growth of globalization in higher education. It will therefore become increasingly important to offer educational programs with international components.
向医疗卫生信息学领域介绍国际卫生信息学教育伙伴关系组织(IPHIE,简称“I phi E”)的理念、目标及成就。该组织于1999年在六所大学成立。
我们详细阐述了I phi E的总体目标,并描述了当前的状况:所开展的活动以及与这些活动相关的教师和学生的经历。此外,我们概述了过去六年所吸取的经验教训以及未来的计划。
I phi E成员最初通过支持和鼓励优秀学生和教师的交流以及为优秀学生开设联合大师班来开展合作。这些活动取得成功后,又开展了新的举措,如在医学信息学会议上组织学生研讨会,以及在欧洲开设关于医院战略信息管理的联合课程。
像I phi E这样的国际伙伴关系需要时间来建立,并且要想取得成功,保持领导的连续性至关重要。我们深信I phi E促进了未来医学信息学专家的专业化。高等教育的全球化将持续发展。因此,提供具有国际元素的教育项目将变得越来越重要。