gms | German Medical Science

Introduction: In spite of great impact of Medical informatics on standardization of education for health professionals and to all stakeholders in healthcare systems and medical staff in order to train them how to control healthcare costs, patient safety and utilization of information technology, complex political structure in Bosnia and Herzegovina caused big difference in curriculums, teaching methods and quality of knowledge gained among medical faculties in the country. Proposing teaching process at Medical Faculty, University of Sarajevo, authors would like to propose pattern of potential united and integrated work in this area in the future.

Work method: Method of the study is descriptive, compared education in medical informatics at five B&H medical faculties. Over 800 students answered questionnaires created at medical faculties in Sarajevo and Tuzla. Also, authors compared curriculas for Medical informatics in Medical faculties in B&H and cathedras’ web sites.

Work results: Subject of Medical informatics is being taught on various ways in different B&H Universities. Some Universities in B&H do not have qualified teaching staff and “use” visiting professors from neighboring countries, and University of Tuzla has its own way as well as Medical faculty in Sarajevo.

Conclusion: Medical informatics education at Medical Faculty, University of Sarajevo is based on the same concept as is it on prestige universities all over the world, and in accordance with recommendations of the working groups on education of EFMI and IMIA. Teaching staff should provide excellence in medical informatics in the areas of teaching, research and development, and community service. It should be serving as a focal point for industry, government, academia and the various disciplines of medicine seeking to integrate technology with health care.