[Free sources for medical informatics teaching].

Abstract

Important worldwide websites offering medical informatics have been searched through to find freely available web-based sources for teaching of medical informatics at faculties of medicine. The conclusion suggests that a complex system for teaching of the whole field of study does not exist. However, a sufficient offer of specialized articles, model programmes and presentations is available, which can be used for teaching. The author lists a brief characterization of the found sources and the programmes he uses. This computer-aided research is only rough. A more precisely defined searching strategy can help find other sources of specialized subjects useful for medical informatics.