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PubMed2006

[Medical informatics education at medical schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina].

AIM: Standardization of education process and almost every aspect of life in EU moved the authors of this paper to evaluate medical informatics education at medical schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A very complex political structure and existence of two entities, one district and ten cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina caused great differences in the curricula, teaching methods and quality of acquired knowledge among medical schools in the country. Also, on the example of the teaching process at the Medical School, University of Sarajevo, the authors propose a future united and integrated system in the area. METHOD: Method of the study is descriptive, comparing education in medical informatics at five B&H medical schools. Over 500 students answered questionnaires designed at medical schools in Sarajevo and Tuzla. The questions tackled the contents of the subject of medical informatics, the possibility of acquiring knowledge from both practical and theoretic lessons, "good" and "bad" sides of the curricula as well as students' computer literacy. RESULTS: The subject of medical informatics is being taught in at least 3-4 different ways. Medical schools in Banja Luka and Foca/Srbinje are under a strong influence of the University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro; the teaching staff in Mostar are from Croatia; the University of Tuzla has its own way; and Medical School in Sarajevo maintains high quality values and principles. Things and events that distinguish the Medical School, University of Sarajevo is the fact that it is the only medical school in Bosnia and Herzegovina which has a web site of of the Department of Medical Informatics, organized a number of events including a distance learning course, and has a highly competent teaching staff. Medical School in Sarajevo is the oldest medical school in Bosnia and Herzegovina established in 1944. As a required subject, medical informatics was introduced in the academic year 1992/1993, and it is the only medical school in Bosnia and Herzegovina where medical informatics is taught in two semesters, second and eleventh. DISCUSSION: Three important areas are discussed: the quality of education in secondary schools should be improved; the lack of multimedia equipment, good LAN, high-speed connection to Internet and well organized web design, and issues related to maintenance of equipment; and students should have free access to computer rooms to enable them to extend their knowledge in spare time; general information about health system should be available to students to allow them to require the role and importance of medical informatics in "real life". Naturally, we raise the question of unique and systematic medical informatics education in the whole country, irrespective of entities, nationality or religion of students. CONCLUSION: Medical informatics education at Medical School, University of Sarajevo, is based on the same concept as on prestigious universities all over the world and in accordance with recommendations of the working groups on education of EFMI and IMIA. Other medical schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina should employ the same methodology and system of work in order to have standardized education in medical informatics and to achieve high quality in education. To enable us to follow the European and global achievements in this area, the power of fact should predominate in the education system as well as in the health system.

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PubMed2003

[Comparison of the literature on medical accidents from a medical database and articles in daily newspapers in Japan].

PURPOSE: We analyzed the frequency and content of journal reports on medical accidents over the past 15 years, and compared these findings with related articles in daily newspapers as a means of assessing medical professionals' awareness of current public opinion reflected in daily newspaper coverage. METHODS: A search of medical accident reports was conducted using CD-ROM versions of the medical literature database Japana Centra Revuo Medicina (1987-2001), with the key words "medical accident" and "medical error." The numbers of medical accident articles in newspapers and medical lawsuits were taken as indicators of public opinion. Relationships were investigated using correlation and time series analyses. RESULTS: 1) The total number of reports on medical accidents (including medical errors; hereinafter, medical accident reports) in the database was 2,858, equaling 0.78 medical accident reports for each 1,000 reports in the CD-ROM database. 2) The number of medical accident reports was 174 in 1987, gradually increasing to 333 in 2000 and 618 in 2001. 3) The proportion of the reports from the nursing field increased from 8.9% (1989) to 31.7% (1999). In contrast, the proportion concerning the medical field decreased from 68.8% to 50.2%. 4) The number of medical accident articles in two newspapers was investigated. The yearly trends were similar in both of these newspapers, showing an increase in 1999 and a peak in 2000. 5) A review of Supreme Court records revealed that the number of medical lawsuits each year increased gradually from 352 in 1990 to 805 in 2001. 6) There were significant correlations between the number of medical accident reports and the numbers of newspaper articles or medical lawsuits. A time series analysis of these trends showed that the trend in number of medical accident reports was closely linked with those for numbers of newspaper articles and medical lawsuits, with a time lag. CONCLUSION: Research trends in papers on medical accidents from a database of scientific papers were found to correspond with trend curves for medical lawsuits and articles on medical accidents in daily newspapers. It was thus demonstrated that awareness of medical accidents among medical professionals reflects social emphasis.

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