Health informatics education and capacity building in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Objectives: To describe the experience of, and lessons learned from, a collaborative project developing and delivering an MSc in Health Informatics in South Africa.

Methods: The description and discussion is based on the experiences of the staff delivering the course, and formal and informal evaluations, the former conducted as part of the University of Winchester's quality assurance processes.

Results: Some of the lessons learned from adapting the course to meet local needs are described and discussed.