The international partnership for health informatics education: Lessons learned from six years of experience

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-31

  Jaspers, Monique W M ^a,h   Gardner, R M ^b   Gatewood, L C ^c   Haux, R ^d,e   Schmidt, D ^f   Wetter, T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^f HEILBRONN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health informatics; International educational exchange; Medical informatics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUROPE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 16244371328     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633919     Document Type: Article

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