Ensino da Informática Biomédica nas graduações em medicina no Brasil: diagnóstico situacional

Abstract

Objective: to study the teaching of Biomedical Informatics (IB) in medical courses in Brazil, and the national scientific production on the subject, constructing situational diagnostics, due to the need for training in the initiatives to implement applications of Digital Technologies of Information and Communications (DTIC) in health, in the context of Health Informatics (HI). Method: Bibliographic, descriptive and exploratory research, prioritizing revision work of the last five years, including page of the Ministry of Education and repositories of dissertations and theses. Results: A little more than 300 medical courses were identified, less than one fifth mentioned actions related to teaching BI / HI, or related to DTIC. No publication in national journals found in the last fifteen years. Conclusion: The teaching of BI / HI in medical graduation is scarce in Brazil, being impossible to evaluate the quality of what exists or actions to improve digital competence. National publications on the subject are rare.