Healthcare Informatics Project-Based Learning: An Example of a Technology Management Graduation Project Focusing on Veterinary Medicine

Teaching Healthcare Informatics using Project-Based Learning focuses students on active and inquiry-based learning and allows them to gain some knowledge and skills in the field. From the perspective of Technology Management, which is at the cross-road of Sciences, Engineering and Business Administration studies, Healthcare Informatics is an interesting application domain for developing both innovation and management capabilities. However, the specificities of Healthcare Informatics (standards, methodologies, human- or animal-focused information) require an additional involvement from the students to deliver projects that fit real-world needs and constraints. In this paper, we initially define the Technology Management field and describe how it is related to Healthcare Informatics, then we introduce Project-Based Learning and finally we present an example of a graduation project that focuses on Veterinary Medicine.