Educator Recognition Program
Recognition for people who teach openEHR, so learners and employers can find trusted, high-quality training.
What the program does
Run by the Education Program Board, the program assesses the skills and experience of openEHR educators against a published set of criteria. Recognised educators are listed on this page.
- Recognises individuals and courses with the right skills and expertise.
- Protects the openEHR name through quality assurance of course content and teaching.
- Helps the healthcare industry know which skills it needs, and who has them.
- Supports continuous improvement for all educators.
- Gives learners clear options that employers can recognise and ask for.
Who benefits
Learners
High-quality training with clear learning outcomes.
Educators
Credibility for your services and a listing on the openEHR website.
Organisations
Confirmation of your educators’ skills, and a higher profile for your recognised teachers.
Our recognised educators
10 educators
Dr Rong Chen
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Rong is Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Head of the Medical Informatics Group at Cambio Healthcare Systems in Sweden, and an associated researcher at Karolinska Institutet, where he teaches and supervises graduate students. He led the Java reference implementation of openEHR, is the lead author of the Guideline Definition Language (GDL), and has co-chaired the Specifications Editorial Committee since May 2023.
Heather Grain
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Heather is a consultant terminologist, data and EHR implementation specialist and educator at Global eHealth Collaborative (GeHCO) in Australia. She works in academic and vocational training for organisations, professional bodies and governments worldwide, and has held leadership roles with HL7 International, ISO TC 215 and SNOMED International.
Andraž Koželj
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Andraž is a Senior Technical Lead at Better, specialising in openEHR and healthcare application development. Since 2019 he has trained more than 500 people from over 50 companies in openEHR fundamentals, AQL, Archetype Designer, modelling principles and low-code development.
Dr Luis Marco-Ruiz
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Luis is a data engineer focused on information standards and terminologies for clinical data reuse and decision support. At the Norwegian Centre for E-health Research he develops national data reuse infrastructure and advises Norwegian health authorities. He is co-chair of the openEHR Software Program Board and a member of the SEC Expert Panel.
Dr Ian McNicoll
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Ian is a former Scottish GP who has worked in healthcare informatics for nearly 30 years, promoting openEHR first with Ocean Informatics and then independently. He is a Director of the openEHR Foundation Board and a previous Chair of the openEHR Management Board.
Dr David Moner
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David is a computer engineer with a PhD from the Universitat Politècnica de València and CTO at VeraTech. He has taught semantic interoperability and EHR standards on master’s programmes at UPV and the University of Alcalá, and has trained more than 500 clinical and technical professionals in openEHR, ISO 13606, HL7 CDA, HL7 FHIR and SNOMED CT.
Dr Andjela Pavlovic
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Andjela trained as a doctor at the University Clinical Centre of Ljubljana and joined Better in 2022 as a Business Analyst, where she works on health IT solutions with a particular focus on clinical data modelling.
Professor Hanna Pohjonen
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Hanna is a healthcare IT consultant at her own company, Rosaldo Oy, and has worked in 30 countries on large regional and national eHealth projects. With Jan de Lange she initiated the online Masterclass openEHR, and she is co-chair of the openEHR Education Program Board.
Dr Sidharth Ramesh
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A doctor by training and a developer at heart, Sidharth founded Medblocks in 2015. Medblocks provides open-source tools for building openEHR applications, and training and consulting on openEHR servers, clinical modelling, AQL analytics, SNOMED CT and FHIR.
Kanthan Theivendran
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Kanthan is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Research Lead in his department, and an Honorary Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Research Unit at Aston University. His interests include clinical trials, surgical innovation, health IT and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
How to apply
Recognition is open to openEHR professional members, and to people covered by an Industry Partner or Organisation Partner membership.
- 15 of 29points needed for initial recognition
- €200assessment fee
- 1 freeresubmission within 12 months
- 5 yearshow long recognition lasts
- 1. Check you’re eligible
If you’re not yet a professional member or covered by a partner membership, join openEHR first.
- 2. Apply and pay
Log in, pay the assessment fee and you’ll be emailed the application form. You can view the form in advance.
- 3. Review
The Education Program Board reviews your application against the points system and suggests areas for improvement.
- 4. Approval
Successful applications are approved by the openEHR International Board, and you’re listed on this page.
The link takes you to the login page for openEHR members.
Related
- Educator training program
Training, methods and techniques for openEHR educators (members only).
- Education Program
The openEHR Body of Knowledge and the Education Program Board.
- Professional members
openEHR professionals offering training, consulting and other services.
- Membership options
Professional, partner and organisation membership.