Potholes in the Road to Professionalism in Medical Informatics
Potholes in the Road to Professionalism in Medical Informatics
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医学信息学专业化道路上的坎坷
DOI：
10.1055/s-0038-1634626
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发表时间：
1995
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
R. Miller
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作者：
D. Giuse;R. Miller
摘要：希斯菲尔德和怀亚特在最新一期《方法》上的文章开启了一场关于医学信息学作为一门学科和一种职业的地位的辩论。虽然对医学信息学更加专业化的渴望是值得称赞的，但文章中的某些观点是值得商榷的。基于广泛传播的专业和科学的定义，成千上万的人将医学信息学作为他们的主要职业，以及至少10，000篇同行评议的出版物，作者认为该学科已经是一种专业，尽管是一种新兴的专业。与Heathfield和Wyatt的立场相反，示范性的、持久的医学信息学应用表明，医学信息学的最佳工件已经满足了专业性的最重要要求，即。例如，对客户和公众的承诺，履行对社会有益的职能。
Abstract: Heathfield and Wyatt’s article in the current issue of Methods opens a debate about the status of Medical Informatics as a discipline and as a profession. While the desire for more professionalism of Medical Informatics is laudable, certain points in the article are debatable. Based on widely circulated definitions of profession and science, on the thousands of people who make medical informatics their main occupation, and on at least 10,000 peer-reviewed publications, the authors argue that the discipline is already a profession, albeit a fledgling one. Contrary to the positions of Heathfield and Wyatt, exemplary, long-lasting medical informatics applications demonstrate that the best artifacts of medical informatics already meet the most important requirement for professionalism, i. e., the commitment to clients and the public to perform a socially useful function.