Biomedical and Health Informatics (BMHI) has substantial importance in the Healthcare system of any country and indicates a need to strengthen education in this field. There is a trend for development of BMHI which can be interpreted geographically. In the first half of the 20th century, the health sector started to receive some advantages from the initiation of informatics technology. Healthcare informatics pioneered in some of the west European and North American countries, alongside the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) as a torchbearer for education and training for this discipline. BMHI has evolved through the structured education curriculum and thereafter penetrated the developing countries as well. This paper attempts an abridged description pertaining to the geographical patterns in the development of BMHI and its education. Significance of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and potential for professional developments have been highlighted together with the challenges in this field. Finally, situations in India have been put forward to depict the progression of BMHI education and implementation of informatics in healthcare
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