Abstract

SERRANO BARRERA, Orlando R. Bioinformatics: a gap in the formation of professionals in the health care system. Educ Med Super [online]. 2012, vol.26, n.1, pp. 121-135. ISSN 0864-2141.

Bioinformatics is a discipline which comes from the huge volume of information derived from the Human Genome Project and has radically changed the opportunities of addressing the biological processes at all their organizational levels. A number of databases and other resources are presently available on Internet; similarly, several tools allow drawing, analyzing and developing new useful pieces of knowledge for a better understanding of the health/disease process, as well as for the design and validation of new drugs and diagnostic tests. The introduction of bioinformatics in the formation of human resources within the medical sciences, a process underway in many universities of other nations in the biological profiled careers, is a requirement for the preparation of the staff to face the changes that are taking place and will take place in medicine as a result of the advances in genetics, molecular biology and other related sciences. In addition to facilitating the assimilation of contents associated to the findings that will be applied in the medical practice and that should be included in undergraduate teaching and in the specialization studies, bioinformatics may encourage the creation of multidisciplinary groups and of new models for research and development in the national healthcare of Cuba.

Keywords : bioinformatics; in silico experimentation; formation of human resources; databases; genetics; genomics; pharmacogenomics.

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