The department of Medical informatics (in Dutch: Klinische Informatiekunde, abbreviation KIK) was founded in 1995. Initially members of the department were mainly involved in the educational programme in Medical Informatics, a four year course that led to a diploma in Medical Informatics at the graduate level. Apart from our department also other pre-clinical and clinical departments are involved in this programme. Since 2003 this programme was replaced by a three year Bachelor and a 2 year Master programme. The department has the following mission:
- To study, develop and apply methods native to informatics and information sciences in order to better understand and to improve health care.
- To train future medical informatics specialists and educate other professionals to appreciate the scope and potential of health informatics in health care and to encourage them to participate in health informatics initiatives.
The department carries out research in medical informatics and participates extensively in educational activities related to the Bachelor and Master programs of Medical Informatics of the AMC-UvA. Moreover, it manages by means of a Clinical Registry office three large ISO 9001:2000 certified (inter)national clinical registries on: renal replacement therapy (ERA-EDTA), Intensive Care (NICE) and cardiological and cardiosurgical interventions (BHN), and uses their data for research purposes.
The research of the department is mainly externally funded and is classified into a methodological and an application type. The activities of the department in both research and education have gained national and international recognition.
