The "MICTRID" concept in the educational offer for medical informatics and telemedicine at the Politecnico di Milano.

Research and training programs in Medical Informatics and Telemedicine offered at the Politecnico di Milano are summarized. The educational pathways refer to the programs of the 5-years based Laurea Degree, the 3-years based Diploma Universitario Degree, of the post-Laurea 3-years-based Doctoral Degree and of the 1-year based Master Degree, as well as of the Continuing Education Program. The Research programs focus on databases and extend to the optimisation of the "Visible Human Dataset--Milano Mirror Site" services. Additional activities relate to standardization at both Italian and European levels and to cooperations with hospitals and manufacturers.