1. Enhancement of study programs in Public Health Law, Health
ERASMUS+ KA2 PROJECT:
Enhancement of study programs in Public Health Law, Health
Management, Health Economics and Health Informatics in Montenegro
Consortium Meeting
14-15th March, Austria
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2. PH-ELIM
Activity 2.3: Strengthening cooperation with EU authorities in healthcare education
WP2: Human Capacity Building in Public Health Education in Montenegro
Max Seitz, University of Heidelberg, .

3. Overview of the achievements
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4. Overview of the achievements
Identified funding schemes for exchanging staff and students
International
Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM)
National
Baden-Württemberg scholarship (BWS)
BWS for University Students -> Application via International Office in home university
BWS for Vocationally Qualified People
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Supports:
Student mobility
Staff mobility
Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme
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5. Overview of the achievements
Integration of ME institutions in associations, bodies and committees of public health
EFMI: European Federation for Medical Informatics
IMIA: International Medical Informatics Association
Scientific association
Scientific association (Member societies)
Requirements:
Only scientific organisations, not governmental.
At least 20 people.
200€ enrolment fee.
Flexible fee (possibly higher, than EFMI). Fee depends on population and Income per capita.
Institutional membership
Academic Institutional membership
A national counterpart  Possibly a Working Group would be sufficient.
Membership fee (200€/a).
Formal body that represents medical informatics in ME.
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6. Overview of the achievements
European Federation for Medical Informatics Association (EFMI)
Keynotes
Leading organisation in medical informatics in Europe.
Represents 32 countries.
Nonprofit organization.
Autonomous European Regional Council of IMIA
Concerned with the theory and practice of Information Science and Technology within Health and Health Science in a European context.
Main objectives
To advance international co-operation and dissemination of information in Medical Informatics on a European basis;
To promote high standards in the application of medical informatics;
To promote research and development in medical informatics;
To encourage high standards in education in medical informatics;
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7. Overview of the achievements
European Federation for Medical Informatics Association (EFMI)
Activities and Governance
All European countries are entitled to be represented in EFMI by a suitable Medical Informatics Society.
Each national society supports the federation by sending and paying for a representative to participate in the decisions of the Federation’s Council, the membership assembly.
Apart from the Council, an elected board consisting of nine members governs EFMI.
Membership and Organization
EFMI is also open for institutional membership. Typical institutions, which become EFMI members, include universities, research organisations, federations, industries and organisations.
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8. Overview of the achievements
European Federation for Medical Informatics Association (EFMI)
Working Group: EDU - Education
Activities
Dissemination and exchange of information on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BMHI) programs and courses.
Exchange of experiences of how BMHI is taught and to improve the implementation.
Establishment of a database on programs and courses on BMHI education.
Production of international recommendations on BMHI education.
Support of BMHI courses and exchange of students and teachers within the EFMI countries.
Foster the accreditation process of BMHI programs in Europe.
Explore the process of certification of knowledge and skills of users in BMHI
Investigation of the possibility of establishing summer courses organized by the WG EDU
The Membership into the EFMI WG EDU ( open to all who are interested in contributing, participating and attending the events and objectives of the Working Group.
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9. Overview of the achievements
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
Goals and objectives
Promote informatics in health care and research in health, bio and medical informatics.
Advance and nurture international cooperation.
Stimulate research, development and routine application.
Move informatics from theory into practice.
Dissemination and exchange of knowledge, information and technology.
Promote education and responsible behaviour.
Represent the medical and health informatics field with the World Health Organization and other international professional and governmental organizations.
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10. Overview of the achievements
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
Membership
Member Societies: In each country only one appropriate body which is representative of activities within the field of medical informatics may become a Member Society.  In an country where no representative societies exist, IMIA accommodates involvement through “Corresponding” members, especially within developing countries.
Institutional Members:
Corporate members include vendor, consulting, and technology firms as well as national professional organizations.
Academic members include universities, medical centres, research centres and like institutions.
Affiliate Members: International organizations that share an interest in the broad field of health and biomedical informatics.
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11. Overview of the achievements
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
Working Group: Health and Medical Informatics Education
Objectives
To disseminate and exchange information on Health and Medical Informatics (HMI) programs and courses.
To promote the IMIA HMI database on programs and courses on HMI education.
To produce international recommendations on HMI programmes and courses.
To support HMI courses and exchange of students and teachers.
To advance the knowledge of: (1) how informatics is taught in the education of health care professionals around the world, (2) how in particular health and medical informatics is taught to students of computer science/informatics, and (3) how it is taught within dedicated curricula in health and medical informatics.
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12. Overview of the achievements
Enrolment of ME HEIs staff members in scientific conferences, journals and committees
Journals
Impact factor
5 year impact factor
Journal of Medical Internet Research
5.175
5.835
International Journal of Medical Informatics
3.210
3.287
Journal of Biomedical Informatics
2.753
3.233
The European Journal of Health Economics
2.500
2.373
European Journal of Public Health
2.431
2.664
Journal of Health Economics
3.313
International Journal for Quality in Health Care
2.342
2.549
International Journal of Public Health
2.327
2.486
BMC Public Health
2.265
2.814
Journal of Public Health
2.125
2.853
Health Education Research
1.816
2.183
Methods of Information in Medicine
1.772
Health Promotion International
1.722
2.223
Health Informatics Journal
1.578
Public Health
1.538
1.779
Applied Clinical Informatics
1.496
Informatics for Health and Social Care
1.381
International Journal of Health Economics and Management
1.100
1.544
Health Information Management Journal
0.778
European Journal for Biomedical Informatics
Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology
Journal of Medical lnternet Research (JMIR)
Register
Add role “reviewer” (in your profile)
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13. Overview of the achievements
Enrolment of ME HEIs staff members in scientific conferences, journals and committees
Journal
Proposer (Institution)
Nominee
Position
Status
European Journal for Biomedical Informatics (EJBI)
Prof. Petra Knaup
(UHEI)
Assist. Prof. dr Ivana Ognjanović
Reviewer
In pool of reviewers
Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (MIBE)
1st Review
Prof. Ramo Šendelj
Prof. Dragan Đurić
Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI)
Prof. Elske Ammenwerth
(UMIT)
Open
Methods of Information in Medicine
International Journal of Medical informatics (IJMI)
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14. Overview of the achievements
Established joined projects
Danube Medical Informatics Network (DMIN).
Preparation of joint proposals for Horizon 2020.
Partners: UMIT, Assist Software SRC in Suceava (Romania), IMTM and UHEI
Research project in the field of the EU-Societal Challenge 1 “Health, demographic change and wellbeing”.
Funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, grant no. 01DS18002).
Aims:
Conduction of workshops to establish the network. ( May, Heidelberg)
Analyses of local regulations for data sharing.
Development of recommendations for metadata structures in biomedical research projects.
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Actions and plans
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Actions and plans
Application in EU associations
Application process EFMI
Application:
Relation to the field of Medical Informatics in recent years. One page presentation with related teaching, research interests, etc.
Few demographics of the Institution: Size in faculty staff, charter, etc. (Size is important to decide on the fees; It is better for a related department to apply rather than the whole institution).
Contact person with CV.
Get in touch with EFMI President.
Send brief application for institutional membership to EFMI President.
EFMI-Board discusses membership
If accapted, Board gives recommendation to Council
Council decides about membership
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Actions and plans
Further activities
Keeping in mind and search for additional funding options for the future exchange of staff and students.
Decision for and application of ME HEI in public health associations of their choice.
Further identification of certificates useful for ME HEIs staff.
When, who, which field, what budget? ->
Further Integration of ME HEIs staff scientific conferences, journals committees.
We recommend participation in conferences (e.g. ICIMTH) for networking purposes.
Further recommendation of ME HEIs staff in journals.
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