What competencies in Medical Informatics are required for physicians? Presentation of a catalog regarding learning objectives for medical students

Competencies in Medical Informatics are important for all physicians, for instance regarding electronic health records or digital imaging systems. Physicians spend more than 25% of their working time with information management. The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) recommends 40 hours of curricular training dedicated to Medical Informatics for physicians. In this context, a national project group of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology developed a catalog of learning objectives for medical students regarding Medical Informatics. Seven areas of competencies were identified: Medical documentation and information processing, medical classifications and terminologies, information systems in healthcare, health telematics and telemedicine, data protection and security, access to medical knowledge and medical signal-/image processing. Overall, 42 learning objectives were identified and consented. For each objective a rationale why a physician needs this competence was provided. In addition, each objective was categorized according to competence context (A=covered by Medical Informatics, B=core subject of Medical Informatics, C=optional subject of Medical Informatics), competence level (1=referenced knowledge, 2=applied knowledge, 3=routine knowledge) and CanMEDS competence role (1=Medical Expert, 2=Communicator, 3=Collaborator, 4=Manager, 5=Health Advocate, 6=Professional, 7=Scholar).Von der GMDS-Projektgruppe "MI-Lehre in der Medizin" wurde unter Beteiligung aller Standorte, an denen derzeit Lehrveranstaltungen in diesem Fach durchgeführt werden, in einem mehrstufigen Verfahren ein national konsentierter Lernzielkatalog Medizinische Informatik (MI) für Studierende der Humanmedizin erarbeitet, der sich am Konzept des Nationalen Kompetenzbasierten Lernzielkatalogs Medizin (NKLM) orientiert