This paper tries to compare six Health Informatics/Medical Informatics
(HI/MI) programs by a number of attributes in standardized form. The
different programs and their curricula were summarized at the 5th IMIA
Working Conference on HI/MI Education at Heidelberg/Heilbronn. The pr
esentation is condensed to a synoptical scheme. Most of the informatio
n used for this purpose is taken from five individual papers about the
programs presented in this special issue of Methods of Information in
Medicine.