Pantaleao Alexandre Negrao, Mennitti Anna Luísa, Brunheroto Felipe Baptista, Stavis Vitória, Ricoboni Laura Teresa, Castro Victor Augusto Fonseca de, Ferreira Ollivia Frederigue, Lage Eura Martins, Carvalho Deborah Ribeiro, Fernandes Anita Maria da Rocha, Gaspar Juliano de Souza
School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
School of Medical Sciences, Santa Casa of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Healthc Inform Res. 2024 Jan;30(1):83-89. doi: 10.4258/hir.2024.30.1.83. Epub 2024 Jan 31.
Digital health (DH) is a revolution driven by digital technologies to improve health. Despite the importance of DH, curricular updates in healthcare university programs are scarce, and DH remains undervalued. Therefore, this report describes the first Junior Scientific Committee (JSC) focusing on DH at a nationwide congress, with the aim of affirming its importance for promoting DH in universities.
The scientific committee of the Brazilian Congress of Health Informatics (CBIS) extended invitations to students engaged in health-related fields, who were tasked with organizing a warm-up event and a 4-hour session at CBIS. Additionally, they were encouraged to take an active role in a workshop alongside distinguished experts to map out the current state of DH in Brazil.
The warm-up event focused on the topic "Artificial intelligence in healthcare: is a new concept of health about to arise?" and featured remote discussions by three professionals from diverse disciplines. At CBIS, the JSC's inaugural presentation concentrated on delineating the present state of DH education in Brazil, while the second presentation offered strategies to advance DH, incorporating viewpoints from within and beyond the academic sphere. During the workshop, participants deliberated on the most crucial competencies for future professionals in the DH domain.
Forming a JSC proved to be a valuable tool to foster DH, particularly due to the valuable interactions it facilitated between esteemed professionals and students. It also supports the cultivation of leadership skills in DH, a field that has not yet received the recognition it deserves.
数字健康（DH）是由数字技术驱动的一场改善健康的革命。尽管数字健康很重要，但医疗保健大学课程的更新却很少，而且数字健康仍然被低估。因此，本报告介绍了在一次全国性大会上首个专注于数字健康的初级科学委员会（JSC），目的是肯定其在大学中促进数字健康的重要性。
巴西健康信息学大会（CBIS）的科学委员会向从事健康相关领域的学生发出邀请，他们的任务是在CBIS组织一场预热活动和一场4小时的会议。此外，还鼓励他们与杰出专家一起积极参与一个研讨会，以梳理巴西数字健康的现状。
预热活动聚焦于“医疗保健中的人工智能：一种新的健康概念即将出现吗？”这一主题，并由来自不同学科的三位专业人士进行远程讨论。在CBIS，JSC的首次演讲集中阐述了巴西数字健康教育的现状，而第二次演讲则提供了推进数字健康的策略，纳入了学术领域内外的观点。在研讨会上，参与者审议了数字健康领域未来专业人员最重要的能力。
事实证明，成立JSC是促进数字健康的一个有价值的工具，特别是因为它促进了知名专业人士和学生之间的宝贵互动。它还支持培养数字健康领域的领导技能，该领域尚未得到应有的认可。
