New Czech Postgraduate Doctoral Program in Biomedical Informatics
Zvarova, J.; Svacina, S.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 90: 766-769
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 15460795 Document Number: 542453
In the paper we describe the new Czech program in Biomedical informatics with doctor degree. The agreement on cooperation of Charles University in Prague and Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in postgraduate doctoral studies was signed on April 23rd, 1997. The main goal of this agreement has been cooperation in development and running of joint education and training of young researchers. Nowadays there are 19 boards of scientific disciplines in postgraduate doctoral studies in biomedicine, one of them the scientific board on Biomedical informatics established in 2001. The involvement of university teachers and researchers from the EuroMISE center-Cardio in the board of biomedical informatics discipline in the postgraduate doctoral studies of biomedicine and first activities of the board are described.