Global Minimum Essential Requirement in Medical Education
Management of Information

The practice of medicine and management of a health system depends on the effective flow of knowledge and information. Advances in computing and communication technology have resulted in powerful tools for education and for information analysis and management. Therefore, graduates have to understand the capabilities and limitations of information technology and the management of knowledge, and be able to use it for medical problem solving and decision-making. The graduate should be able to:

• search, collect, organize and interpret health and biomedical information from different databases and sources;
  
• retrieve patient-specific information from a clinical data system;
• useinformation and communication technology to assist in diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive measures, and for surveillance and monitoring health status;
• understand the application and limitations of information technology;
• maintain records of his/her practice for analysis and improvement.