Table 1.

BMI-1 course content in UNAM Faculty of Medicine 2010 MD program

Unit	Theme	Subthemes
1	Introduction to BMI	Definition of BMI. Historic development of BMI. Current and future perspectives of BMI.
2	Essential concepts in BMI	Data in medicine: acquisition and use. Information and knowledge taxonomy (DIKW). Hardware and software: structure and function of computers. Information and communications technology. Standards in BMI. Technology evaluation.
3	Databases and medical digital libraries	Main sources of biomedical information. Tools and strategies for biomedical information searching.
4	Internet and the medical profession	History and definition of Internet, WWW, Web 2.0, Health 2.0 Use of the internet for the medical professional: advantages, limitations and challenges.
5	Cybermedicine	Electronic health record. Hospital information systems. Imaging informatics and radiology. Interinstitutional health information systems. Artificial intelligence (expert systems). Telemedicine. Robotic medicine. Simulators in medicine. Virtual reality.
6	E-learning	The net generation: social and educational aspects. Virtual learning environments. Wikis, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, Twitter, Facebook. Use of technology in scientific presentations (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc).
7	Bioinformatics (biomolecular informatics)	Definition of bioinformatics. Applications in molecular biology, genomic medicine and clinical practice.
8	Ethics and BMI	Social challenges and ethical implications of BMI. Informatics and its influence in the physician–patient relationship. Legal aspects of BMI.

BMI, biomedical informatics.