The Role of Biometry in the Training of Medical Informaticians

Abstract:

Medical informatics and medical biometry, as well as the medical biometrician´s and medical informatician´s fields of activity, overlap significantly. The affinity between the two disciplines can be illustrated by a comparison of the definitions of both disciplines, by examples of research projects for which the application of methods from both fields is necessary in order to complete the project successfully, and by an analysis of the professional fields of medical informatics graduates working in their occupation. Therefore, a stronger integration of both disciplines is advocated.

Key-Words:

Medical Informatics Education - Medical Informatics Curricula - Biometry

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