ACADEMICS

MSc. in Medical Informatics

For the first time in India, The Institute of Medical Informatics and Multimedia Education (IMIME) at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences College of Medicine offers a two-year, four-semester MSc. in Medical Informatics, as well as a one-year, two-semester Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Informatics (PGDMI), which commenced in August, 2005. Eligible candidates should have at least a Bachelor's degree in a biological science, physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science or other IT related field. Medicine or Engineering/IT graduates are preferred. On completion of these programs, trainees will have knowledge of accessing and processing biomedical and clinical information, basic principles of patient and hospital database management (expertise in computing, communications, and content) as well as web-based applications.

A valuable component of the training will be interactions and course work possibilities for students with Universities in the U.S. (Harvard Medical School, University of Maryland) and Europe (University of Oslo, Norway).

Graduates from this program who are already armed with a professional degree in Medicine, Engineering or IT will find that this additional qualification can facilitate promotion and higher compensation. Undergraduates without an existing professional qualification who complete this course will can expect to be gainfully employed as health information system managers or administrators, specialists in the medical software industry and as educators with world-class exposure to the latest developments in information technology and multimedia based teaching applications in medicine.

Division of Continuing Medical Education and International Programs

There is a thriving program for international student observerships at AIMS, which IMIME assists in coordinating. IMIME has established collaborative relationships with scholars at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and University of Maryland, Baltimore for projects in medical informatics and Jefferson Medical School, Philadelphia for methodology in clinical skills and simulation. We have great interest in developing such interactions with leading academic centers in India as well. This division hosts CME programs for postgraduates and practicing physicians, as well as extramural programs for undergraduates.