European Federation for Medical Informatics
We help Europe educate the professionals who make digital health work.
News · EFMI STC 2026
Kaija Saranto opened the workshop. Pauleen Mannevaara and Nicole Egbert presented current education activities among the participants, John Mantas and Pauleen Mannevaara the 3rd revision of the IMIA Recommendations for BMHI education, and George Mihalas the challenges of teaching AI. Ricardo Correia moderated the open discussion on what the future of BMHI education looks like.
Open meeting · Online
Our working group meetings are open to everyone interested in biomedical and health informatics education: no WG membership needed. Join us online to hear what the group is working on, share how you teach, and bring ideas for the year ahead.
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Meetings are usually held at EFMI conferences (MIE in spring, STC in autumn) and at MEDINFO.
Medical Informatics Europe. Planned WG EDU workshop on BMHI programmes across Europe and the European education database. TO VALIDATE
No WG meeting is scheduled yet. The next one will be announced here and on LinkedIn.
IMIA (2nd revision) and EFMI recommendations for BMHI curricula.
EFMI and IMIA accredited BMHI programmes, and national course lists.
Past events, publications and European education projects.
EU open-science infrastructures and funding we use and recommend.
Introducing eHealth applications and the discipline of Biomedical and Health Informatics (BMHI) into healthcare requires well-educated and trained professionals. Education is the most effective way to improve how health professionals accept and use digital health. Education was the first working group EFMI established, and its members have helped update the IMIA Recommendations on Education in BMHI.
Share BMHI curricula and teaching methods, and support the exchange of students and teachers between EFMI countries.
Promote the implementation and accreditation of European BMHI programmes, in cooperation between EFMI and IMIA.
Map BMHI programmes in an open database that continues the former WG/AC2 database, and support certification of BMHI knowledge and skills.
Develop educational recommendations and share WG activities at conferences such as MIE, STC and MEDINFO.
Give teachers practical guidance on generative AI that respects students' data and European values. Visit the GenAI Lab.
Teachers, programme directors, researchers and students are welcome. Tell us who you are, meet us at MIE or STC, and help shape BMHI education in Europe.
