Portugal sets out a specialist route for clinical genomic bioinformatics
2026 Q2 retrospective · 26 May 2026
Portugal’s Regulation 649/2026 covers four specialist titles, including clinical genomic bioinformatics. Articles 57–63 describe the role of experience, supervised training and assessment. The practical examination can cover programming, bioinformatics workflows and interpretation of genomic results. The regulation offers a concrete example for associations comparing how biological competence is assessed.