Corrigendum to “Biomedical and health informatics teaching in Portugal: Current status” [Heliyon 9(3) (March 2023) e14163]

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In the Abstract section, Results sub-section, where it reads “We identified 23 programmes delivering relevant teaching in BMHI in Portugal. Of these, eight (35%) were classified […] should read “We identified 24 programmes delivering relevant teaching in BMHI in Portugal. Of these, eight (33%) were classified […]”. In the ‘Results & Discussion’ section, ‘General Characterisation’ sub-section, where it reads “We identified 23 programmes delivering relevant teaching in BMHI in Portugal. A characterisation of all programmes is summarised in Table 6. Regarding main area of education, nine programmes (39%) were classified as having BMHI modules as part of ‘Medical, Nursing, Health Care Management, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Public Health’ (MNHDPP) programmes, whereas eight programmes (34.8%) were classified as dedicated educational programmes in BMHI. The remaining six (26.1%) were classified as having BMHI modules as part of ‘Informatics, Computer Science Programs and Engineering’ (ICSE) programmes - Table 4.” should read “We identified 24 programmes delivering relevant teaching in BMHI in Portugal. A characterisation of all programmes is summarised in Table 6. Regarding main area of education, nine programmes (37.5%) were classified as having BMHI modules as part of ‘Medical, Nursing, Health Care Management, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Public Health’ (MNHDPP) programmes, whereas eight programmes (33.3%) were classified as dedicated educational programmes in BMHI. The remaining seven (29.2%) were classified as having BMHI modules as part of ‘Informatics, Computer Science Programs and Engineering’ (ICSE) programmes - Table 4.” In the ‘Results & Discussion’ section, ‘General Characterisation’ sub-section, where it reads “Overall, most of the programmes identified were taught in public higher education institutions (20; 87.0%), mostly within universities (13; 56.5%), at a master's level (13; 56.5%).” should read “Overall, most of the programmes identified were taught in public higher education institutions (21; 87.5%), mostly within universities (14; 58.3%), at a master's level (11; 45.8%).” Tables 4–8 should be updated as per below. Table titles and captions remain the same. Table 4Tabled 1TOTAL (N = 24)BMHI8 (33.3%)ICSE7 (29.2%)MNHDPP9 (37.5%) Open table in a new tab Table 5Tabled 1BMHI (N = 8)ICSE (N = 7)MNHDPP (N = 9)TOTAL (N = 24)CNAEF Code - Area462 - Statistics1 (12.5%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (4.17%)481 - Informatics Sciences1 (12.5%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (4.17%)489 - Informatics: not classified elsewhere1 (12.5%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (4.17%)524 - Chemical Processes Technology1 (12.5%)2 (28.6%)0 (0%)3 (12.5%)720 - Health2 (25.0%)0 (0%)1 (11.1%)3 (12.5%)725 - Healthcare Sciences1 (12.5%)0 (0%)3 (33.3%)4 (16.7%)729 - Health: not classified elsewhere0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (4.17%)420 - Life Sciences0 (0%)2 (28.6%)0 (0%)2 (8.33%)421 - Biology and Biochemistry0 (0%)1 (14.3%)2 (22.2%)3 (12.5%)520 - Engineering and related techniques0 (0%)1 (14.3%)0 (0%)1 (4.17%)529 - Engineering and related techniques: not classified elsewhere0 (0%)1 (14.3%)0 (0%)1 (4.17%)721 - Medicine0 (0%)0 (0%)3 (33.3%)3 (12.5%) Open table in a new tab Table 6Tabled 1MAIN AREAPROGRAMME NAMEINSTITUTIONLOCATIONEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SUBSYSTEMLEVELSTART DATEDURATION (semesters)ECTS CREDITSCO-TAUGHTBMHIApplied Health Sciences - Com. Intervention and Biotech. (biotechnology branch)Instituto Politécnico de BragançaBragançaPublicPolytechnicMSc2019390NoBMHIBiomedical Engineering (medical informatics branch)Universidade do MinhoBragaPublicUniversityMSc20214120NoBMHIBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Applied to HealthcareInstituto Politécnico do PortoPortoPublicPolytechnicMSc20164120NoBMHIHealth Data ScienceInstituto Politécnico de LisboaLisbonPublicPolytechnicPGC2021260NoBMHIHealth Data Science (health informatics branch)Universidade do PortoPortoPublicUniversityPhD20188240NoBMHIMedical InformaticsUniversidade do PortoPortoPublicUniversityMSc20114120YesBMHIMedical Technology and Healthcare BusinessInstituto Politécnico do PortoPortoPublicPolytechnicMSc20174120NoBMHINursing Information SystemsEscola Superior de Enfermagem do PortoPortoPublicPolytechnicPGC2009230NoICSEBioengineering in Regenerative and Precision Medicine (precision medicine branch)Universidade de LisboaLisbonPublicUniversityMSc20214120NoICSEBioinformaticsInstituto Politécnico de SetúbalSetúbalPublicPolytechnicBSc20166180YesICSEBioinformatics and Applications to Life Sciences (branch applied computing)Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroVila RealPublicUniversityMSc20174120NoICSEBiomedical EngineeringUniversidade Nova de LisboaLisbonPublicUniversityBSc20146180NoICSEBiomedical Engineering and BiophysicsUniversidade de LisboaLisbonPublicUniversityMSc20204120NoICSEClinical Bioinformatics (clinical decision support branch)Universidade de AveiroAveiroPublicUniversityMSc20204120NoICSEMedical Informatics EngineeringInstituto Politécnico do Cávado e do AveBarcelosPublicPolytechnicBSc20186180NoMNHDPPApplied Biomedicine (computation branch)Universidade Católica PortuguesaViseuPrivateUniversityMSc20214120NoMNHDPPBioinformatics (information technologies branch)Universidade do MinhoBragaPublicUniversityMSc20114120NoMNHDPPBiomedical SciencesInstituto Universitário de Ciências da SaúdeParedesPrivateUniversityBSc20106180NoMNHDPPHealthcare Policies, Management and EvaluationUniversidade do PortoPortoPublicUniversityPGC2020260NoMNHDPPMedical Imaging and RadiotherapyInstituto Politécnico da LusofoniaLisbonPrivatePolytechnicBSc Hons20188240NoMNHDPPMedical Imaging and RadiotherapyInstituto Politécnico de CoimbraCoimbraPublicPolytechnicBSc Hons20148240NoMNHDPPMedical Imaging and RadiotherapyUniversidade do AlgarveFaroPublicPolytechnicBSc Hons20148240NoMNHDPPMedicineUniversidade do PortoPortoPublicUniversityiMSc201112360NoMNHDPPMedicine (analytical data systems branch)Universidade do MinhoBragaPublicUniversityiMSc201112360No Open table in a new tab Table 7Tabled 1BMHI (N = 8)ICSE (N = 7)MNHDPP (N = 9)TOTAL (N = 24)Education SystemPublic8 (100%)7 (100%)6 (66.7%)21 (87.5%)Private0 (0%)0 (0%)3 (33.3%)3 (12.5%)Education SubsystemPolytechnic5 (62.5%)2 (28.6%)3 (33.3%)10 (41.7%)University3 (37.5%)5 (71.4%)6 (66.7%)14 (58.3%)LevelMSc5 (62.5%)4 (57.1%)2 (22.2%)11 (45.8%)PGC2 (25.0%)0 (0%)1 (11.1%)3 (12.5%)PhD1 (12.5%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (4.17%)BSc0 (0%)3 (42.9%)1 (11.1%)4 (16.7%)BSc Hons0 (0%)0 (0%)3 (33.3%)3 (12.5%)iMSc0 (0%)0 (0%)2 (22.2%)2 (8.33%)ECTS CreditsMean (SD)113 (61.6)146 (32.1)213 (104)160 (84.7)Median [Min, Max]120 [30.0, 240]120 [120, 180]240 [60.0, 360]120 [30.0, 360] Open table in a new tab Table 8Tabled 1MAIN AREAPROGRAMME NAMEINSTITUTIONMANDATORY ECTSOPTIONAL ECTSBMHIMEDICALINFORMATICSTOTALBMHIMEDICALINFORMATICSTOTALBMHIApplied Health Sciences - Com. Intervention and Biotech. (biotechnology branch)Instituto Politécnico de Bragança7,00,03,581,00,00,00,09,0BMHIBiomedical Engineering (medical informatics branch)Universidade do Minho60,00,020,0120,00,00,00,00,0BMHIBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Applied to HealthcareInstituto Politécnico do Porto15,00,07,5105,00,07,57,515,0BMHIHealth Data ScienceInstituto Politécnico de Lisboa21,04,021,060,00,00,00,00,0BMHIHealth Data Science (health informatics branch)Universidade do Porto33,09,06,0240,00,00,00,00,0BMHIMedical InformaticsUniversidade do Porto81,06,021,0108,06,00,06,012,0BMHIMedical Technology and Healthcare BusinessInstituto Politécnico do Porto15,010,05,0120,00,00,00,00,0BMHINursing Information SystemsEscola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto28,00,00,028,06,00,00,02,0ICSEBioengineering in Regenerative and Precision Medicine (precision medicine branch)Universidade de Lisboa6,06,06,0108,00,00,00,012,0ICSEBioinformaticsInstituto Politécnico de Setúbal5,010,066,5180,00,00,00,00,0ICSEBioinformatics and Applications to Life Sciences (branch applied computing)Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro6,06,024,0120,00,00,00,00,0ICSEBiomedical EngineeringUniversidade Nova de Lisboa6,012,084,0171,00,00,00,09,0ICSEBiomedical Engineering and BiophysicsUniversidade de Lisboa6,00,012,078,024,06,06,042,0ICSEClinical Bioinformatics (clinical decision support branch)Universidade de Aveiro6,012,024,0114,00,018,036,06,0ICSEMedical Informatics EngineeringInstituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave33,015,078,0180,00,00,00,00,0MNHDPPApplied Biomedicine (computation branch)Universidade Católica Portuguesa6,060,017,0120,00,00,00,00,0MNHDPPBioinformatics (information technologies branch)Universidade do Minho5,010,05,0120,00,00,00,00,0MNHDPPBiomedical SciencesInstituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde4,056,08,0170,00,040,00,010,0MNHDPPHealthcare Policies, Management and EvaluationUniversidade do Porto6,018,00,042,09,027,06,018,0MNHDPPMedical Imaging and RadiotherapyInstituto Politécnico da Lusofonia5,028,05,0240,00,00,00,00,0MNHDPPMedical Imaging and RadiotherapyInstituto Politécnico de Coimbra4,010,03,0240,00,00,00,00,0MNHDPPMedical Imaging and RadiotherapyUniversidade do Algarve4,018,03,0240,00,00,00,00,0MNHDPPMedicineUniversidade do Porto12,0330,04,0346,010,0218,04,014,0MNHDPPMedicine (analytical data systems branch)Universidade do Minho45,0300,015,0360,00,00,00,00,0 Open table in a new tab Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 should be updated as per below (.tiff files attached). Figure titles and captions remain the same. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Biomedical and health informatics teaching in Portugal: Current statusCosta et al.HeliyonMarch 14, 2023In BriefThe domain of Biomedical and Health Informatics (BMHI) lies in the intersection of multiple disciplines, making it difficult to define and, consequently, characterise the workforce, training needs and requirements in this domain. Nevertheless, to the best of our knowledge, there isn’t any aggregated information about the higher education programmes in BMHI currently being delivered in Portugal, and which knowledge, skills, and competencies these programmes aim to develop. Full-Text PDF Open Access

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