scholarly journals First Accreditation of a Medical Informatics Program by the European Federation of Medical Informatics: Experiences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elske Ammenwerth
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
National Accreditation ◽  
European Universities ◽  
International Experts

Background: European universities offer a variety of programs in Medical Informatics. The Europen Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI) offers accreditation of these programs. Objectives: To describe the process of EFMI accreditation of a new Austrian master’s program and reflect on accreditation benefits. Methods: Reflection on feedback and experiences at UMIT TIROL Results: Accreditation needs quite some preparation but offers essential opportunities for self-reflection and feedback by international experts. Conclusion: Besides national accreditation, medical informatics programs can benefit from the accreditation through international organizations.

scholarly journals Water Matters: thinking with water Class Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denisse Roca-Servat ◽  
Polina Golovátina-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Political Ecology ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Private University ◽  
The Political ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Environmental Relations

This article revisits a co-learning experience of a graduate course on the political ecology of water at the Master’s program in Development Studies in a Colombian private university which employed a thinking with water teaching methodology based on the ontological-epistemological-methodological unity. Water as a nearly universal solvent not only conditions life on the planet but also defines human imaginary. The physical characteristics of water such as its fluidity, plasticity, and conductivity enable a multidimensional, nonlineal, and relational thought. Because of its universal familiarity and its indispensability for life, water offers intuitive ways of knowing. The revision of the class experience showed that the materiality of water affects the dynamic of the course. It supports the idea of the performativity (Barad) of our knowledge about Self and the world. Spontaneous and resistant, water clears hidden, silenced, or ignored meanings of both social and environmental relations and, so, stimulates critical self-reflection, catalyzes social change, and promotes social justice.

scholarly journals Welcome to IMIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 263-265
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
North African ◽  
Liaison Officer ◽  
African Health ◽  
President Elect

President Dr. Christoph Lehmann, United States (2017–2019) President elect Dr. Sabine Koch, Sweden (2017–201 9) Past President Dr. Hyeoun-Ae Park, South Korea (2017–2019) Secretary Dr. Petter Hurlen, Norway (2015–2021) Treasurer Johanna Westbrook, Australia (2017–2020) Vice Presidents MedInfoDr. Patrick Weber, Switzerland (2017–2019)MembershipDr. Daniel Luna, Argentina (2018–2021)ServicesDr. Brigitte Seroussi, France (2016–2019)Special AffairsDr. Elizabeth Borycki, Canada (2016–2019)Working & Special Interest Groups Dr. Ying (Helen) Wu, China (2016–2019) CEO Elaine Huesing, Canada IMIA Web site: www.imia.org Regional Vice Presidents to IMIA APAMI: Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics Dr. Vajira Dissanayake, Sri Lanka EFMI: European Federation for Medical Informatics Dr. Christian Lovis, Switzerland HELINA: Pan African Health Informatics Association Dr. Ghislain Kouematchoua Tchuitcheu, Germany/Cameroon IMIA-LAC: Health Informatics Association for Latin America and the Caribbean Marcelo Lucio da Silva, Brazil MENAHIA: Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association Dr. Riyad Al Shammari, Saudi Arabia North American Region Andre Kushniruk, Canada IMIA Liaison Officers, ex officio WHO Liaison OfficerDr. Antoine Geissbuhler, SwitzerlandIFIP Liaison OfficerDr. Hiroshi Takeda, JapanISO Liaison OfficerDr. Michio Kimura, Japan

scholarly journals European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) - A Brief Outline

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (01) ◽  
pp. 306-307
Author(s):  
Alexander Hörbst ◽  
Patrick Weber ◽  
Anne Moen
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
European Federation

Machine Learning and Data Analytics in Pervasive Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (04) ◽  
pp. 194-196
Author(s):  
Nuria Oliver ◽  
Michael Marschollek ◽  
Oscar Mayora
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Personalised Medicine ◽  
Physiological Data ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Small Data ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Pervasive Health

Summary Introduction: This accompanying editorial provides a brief introduction to this focus theme, focused on “Machine Learning and Data Analytics in Pervasive Health”. Objective: The innovative use of machine learning technologies combining small and big data analytics will support a better provisioning of healthcare to citizens. This focus theme aims to present contributions at the crossroads of pervasive health technologies and data analytics as key enablers for achieving personalised medicine for diagnosis and treatment purposes. Methods: A call for paper was announced to all participants of the “11th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare”, to different working groups of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI) and was published in June 2017 on the website of Methods of Information in Medicine. A peer review process was conducted to select the papers for this focus theme. Results: Four papers were selected to be included in this focus theme. The paper topics cover a broad range of machine learning and data analytics applications in healthcare including detection of injurious subtypes of patient-ventilator asynchrony, early detection of cognitive impairment, effective use of small data sets for estimating the performance of radiotherapy in bladder cancer treatment, and the use negation detection in and information extraction from unstructured medical texts. Conclusions: The use of machine learning and data analytics technologies in healthcare is facing a renewed impulse due to the availability of large amounts and new sources of human behavioral and physiological data, such as that captured by mobile and pervasive devices traditionally considered as nonmainstream for healthcare provision and management.

scholarly journals The Safe and Effective Use of Shared Data Underpinned by Stakeholder Engagement and Evaluation Practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 025-028
Author(s):  
Andrew Georgiou ◽  
Farah Magrabi ◽  
Hannele Hyppönen ◽  
Zoie Wong ◽  
Pirkko Nykänen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Data Governance ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Shared Data ◽  
Collaborative Models

Objectives: The paper draws attention to: i) key considerations involving the confidentiality, privacy, and security of shared data; and ii) the requirements needed to build collaborative arrangements encompassing all stakeholders with the goal of ensuring safe, secure, and quality use of shared data. Method: A narrative review of existing research and policy approaches along with expert perspectives drawn from the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Working Group on Technology Assessment and Quality Development in Health Care and the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) Working Group for Assessment of Health Information Systems. Results: The technological ability to merge, link, re-use, and exchange data has outpaced the establishment of policies, procedures, and processes to monitor the ethics and legality of shared use of data. Questions remain about how to guarantee the security of shared data, and how to establish and maintain public trust across large-scale shared data enterprises. This paper identifies the importance of data governance frameworks (incorporating engagement with all stakeholders) to underpin the management of the ethics and legality of shared data use. The paper also provides some key considerations for the establishment of national approaches and measures to monitor compliance with best practice. Conclusion: Data sharing endeavours can help to underpin new collaborative models of health care which provide shared information, engagement, and accountability amongst all stakeholders. We believe that commitment to rigorous evaluation and stakeholder engagement will be critical to delivering health data benefits and the establishment of collaborative models of health care into the future.

scholarly journals Experts' Perceptions of Water Security in Central Asia: results from a Delphi study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-69
Author(s):  
Aliya Assubayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Delphi Approach ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
International Experts

Water security in Central Asia has been discussed by researchers and international organizations using hydrological, engineering, and modeling approaches. Various frameworks conceptualize water security through technical, socio-economic, and environmental aspects. This study attempts to identify the current trends of perceptions of experts about water security in Central Asian countries and Afghanistan as assessed through different regional and international experts with relevant knowledge and experience. The experts originate from diverse professional backgrounds like ministries, NGOs, international organizations, research, and academic institutes. The analysis was conducted through the Delphi approach, which has been widely used to identify experts' views by reaching a consensus on various subjects. The Delphi method assisted in the elicitation of experts' opinions about different water security dimensions in the overall region and each Central Asia country that have been suggested from the relevant literature. The two-round questionnaire was developed to infer the experts' views (round 1) on water security in Central Asia and then identify the agreement's rate with the initial findings (round 2). The results have shown that, while the relevant scientific literature gives priority to environmental factors, the experts emphasize water security's economic aspects. Experts suggested including transboundary challenges, legislative and institutional weaknesses in assessing water security in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Respondents highlighted the low effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the current institutions and mechanisms that dealt with water security-related issues in Central Asia and suggested strengthening water governance in the region.

scholarly journals Ultrasound Curricula of Student Education in Europe: Summary of the Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. E25-E33
Author(s):  
Helmut Prosch ◽  
Maija Radzina ◽  
Christoph F. Dietrich ◽  
Michael Bachmann Nielsen ◽  
Sven Baumann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Ultrasound Education ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Preclinical Curriculum ◽  
Far Future

Abstract Background Despite the increasing role of ultrasound, structured ultrasound teaching is only slowly being integrated into the curricula of medical schools and universities all over Europe. Aim To survey the current situation at European universities regarding the integration of ultrasound in student medical education and to report on models of student ultrasound training from selected European universities. Methods A questionnaire survey focusing on the implementation of curricular ultrasound education was sent out to the 28 presidents of the national ultrasound societies of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB), who were asked to distribute the questionnaires to the medical universities of their countries. Results Overall, 53 questionnaires were returned from 46 universities in 17 European countries. In most of the universities (40/46 universities, 87%), the theoretical background of ultrasound is taught. However, in only a minority of universities is ultrasound integrated in anatomy courses (8/46 universities, 17%) or basic science courses (16/46 universities, 35%). Practical skills in ultrasound are taught in 56% of the universities (26/46 universities) and tested in a practical exam in seven of the responding universities (15%). The number of hours in which ultrasound was taught ranged from one to 58 (mean, seven). The respondents reported that lack of time and limited faculty funding were major hurdles. Conclusion According to our survey, only a minority of European universities has integrated ultrasound into the preclinical curriculum thus far. Future EFSUMB initiatives will continue to promote the introduction of ultrasound as an integrative part of the core curriculum of student medical education, and the preparation of proper teaching material.

Towards a European framework for community engagement in higher education – a case study analysis of European universities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma O’Brien ◽  
BOJANA ĆULUM ILIĆ ◽  
Anete Veidemane ◽  
Davide Dusi ◽  
Thomas Farnell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Context Specific

Purpose This paper aims to examine the development and piloting of a novel European framework for community engagement (CE) in higher education, which has been purposefully designed to progress the CE agenda in a European context. Design/methodology/approach The proposed framework was co-created through the European Union (EU)-funded project towards a European framework for community engagement in higher education (TEFCE). The TEFCE Toolbox is an institutional self-reflection framework that centres on seven thematic dimensions of CE. This paper follows the development of the TEFCE Toolbox through empirical case study analysis of four European universities and their local communities. Findings The findings in this paper indicate that the TEFCE Toolbox facilitates context-specific applications in different types of universities and socioeconomic environments. Incorporating insights from engagement practitioners, students and community representatives the TEFCE Toolbox was successfully applied in universities with diverse profiles and missions. The process facilitated the recognition of CE achievements and the identification of potential areas for improvement. Originality/value Despite a range of international initiatives, there remains an absence of initiatives within the European higher education area that focus on developing tools to comprehensively support CE. The TEFCE Toolbox and case-study analysis presented in this paper address this gap in knowledge. The broader societal contribution and social responsibility of higher education have become increasingly prominent on the European agenda. The TEFCE Toolbox represents an innovative, robust and holistic European framework with the potential to support universities in reflecting upon their pursuit of addressing grand societal challenges, whilst promoting CE.

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