Thoughts about curricula in health informatics.

In this contribution it is argued that it is difficult to talk of medical informatics education since the groups that need education in this field are not very homogeneous. Also these groups overlap. WG 1 of IMIA is in the process of producing recommendations for curricula in medical informatics. The target groups are defined by their career type, which is categorised using three axes: discipline, stage of career and level of expertise. An example is given of the knowledge requirements for medical students.