Informatics Lessons

• Knowledge Representation in Health Sciences
  Knowledge representation is one of the major research areas of cognitive science and psychology. With the development of computer science,
knowledge representation becomes an inseparate part of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Most research in AI to date has been based on the
assumption that in any AI program there is a separate module which represents the information that the program has about the world. As a
result, a number of so-called knowledge representation formalisms have been developed for representing this kind of information. 


• Medical Informatics (sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, NIH)

This week-long survey course is designed to familiarize individuals with the application of computer technologies and information science in medicine
 
• Clinical Epidemiology for Effective Clinical Practice: An on-line, self-directed tutorial by Adrienne G. Randolph, MD, MSc

Contains sections on Evidenced-based medicine and critical appraisal of the medical literature.


• EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE WEB TUTORIAL
  
  Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. The practice of evidence based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.
  
 
• How to Read a Medical Journal Article , by Steve Simon.

The medical journals are filled with research on new medical therapies. What should you look for in this research? How do you gauge the strength of evidence? When should you change your medical practices? This course covers many of the key issues one should consider.
 
• Managing Your Research Data. by Steve Simon.

Data management is the foundation of every good data analysis. You need to consider issues like how your data is entered, documented, and stored. Careful attention to these issues now will help save you time and frustration during your data analysis.
 
• Steps in a descriptive data analysis , by Steve Simon.

Every data analysis should start with a descriptive analysis. If you have no research hypotheses, then you can stop with this. If you do have research hypotheses, the descriptive analysis will provide a solid foundation for any further statistical analysis.


• The Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms
  
 
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) - A Wayworld Tutorial

Statistical Process Control, is a method for measuring, understanding and controlling variation in a manufacturing process. It is one tool among many used in a broader vision of business operations, which includes ideas like continuous improvement, in-process quality, teams and the use of statistics to know the unknowable.
 
• COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT: A self-guided tutorial for Family Medicine Residents

Objectives:
• To understand the current and future role for computers in assisting with clinical management.
• To learn the properties of some available programs
• To gain experience with one such program through a demonstration

 
• Medical Informatics: Via Internet , by Stanford Center for Professional Development

Internet and intranet access via Stanford Online makes programs available on demand, brought directly to your desktop at work, at home or while travelling. Each course is streamed to individual work-stations across 28.8 kbps modems (or faster). Lecture video and audio are combined with the supporting graphics used in each class. Software for course viewing is available free of charge. Supported platforms include: Windows 3.1x, 95, 98 and NT; Mac OS; Sun/Solaris; and HP-UX. The price for the 1999 course is: $950 ($500 for our industrial affiliates). For more info, see the web page:
 
• Distance learning Certificate in Medical Informatics Program at Oregon Health Sciences University

The Division of Medical Informatics & Outcomes Research (DMIOR) at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) is pleased to announce the launching of its distance learning Certificate in Medical Informatics Program. The DMIOR has been teaching two of its courses on-line during the current academic year and will be starting the certificate program in the fall of 2000.

The goal of this program is to provide an educational experience for individuals who seek to enhance their knowledge of the intersection of health care and information technology (IT). Society has a need for more individuals with knowledge and skills in IT generally, and this program provides this with a specific focus on health care.

The program can also serve as a jumping point for enrollment into the current on-campus Master of Science (MS) program. The on-campus MS program will continue as it currently operates, with the exception that students from the certificate program will be able to apply courses they have taken on-line towards the MS degree.

• University of South Florida College of Medicine Medical Informatics Elective

Students are introduced to state of the art operating systems and software, the web and HTML, Clinical Information Management Systems, Object Oriented Databases, and Telemedicine and Distance Education. Students learn how to use this technology to identify, retrieve, and prioritize information, to use electronic information resources, to decide which source is best for the information being sought, and to use communication technology for the exchange of information and ideas with external experts, faculty, and classmates.
 
• The University of Vermont Introduction to Nursing Informatics (PRNU 112) Undergraduate level

An introduction to the knowledge and skills necessary for the areas of informatics and information management that are an important part of effective practice and research in nursing. Nursing Informatics is the use of any information technologies by nurses in relation to the care of patients, the administration of health care facilities or the education of health care professional or consumers.
 
• The University of Vermont Introduction to Nursing Informatics (GRNU 296) Graduate level

This course prepares nurses to understand the role of nursing informatics in the design, management, delivery, and evaluation of evidence based care to individuals, families and communities. Students will identify trends and issues in nursing informatics standards, technology advancements, health care delivery changes, and regulatory/accreditation requirements. It will prepare participants to assess clinician's patient-specific, agency-specific, and domain-specific data and information requirements. The course will survey the design and implementation of clinical information systems and their evaluation.
 
• Nursing Informatics I (N 506) University of Mary

This course prepares nurses to define the role of the informatics nurse. Students will advancements, health care delivery changes, and regulatory/accreditation requirements. The course will address monitoring systems to ensure that patient's privacy/confidentiality is secure and that allocation of technology-related resources is equitable. Students will use tools to redesign nursing activities to maximize automation utilization while maintaining integrity of professional nursing practice. When redesigning these activities, students will select nursing taxonomies and nomenclatures consistent with professional practice users. The course will also cover incorporating theories, such as communication, information, behavioral, management, systems, and nursing, during all phases of informatics implementation.
 
• Nursing Informatics II (N 507) University of Mary

This course prepares nurses to assess clinicians' patient-specific, agency-specific and domain-specific data and information requirements. Students will clinical information system design features that address flexibility, connectivity, performance, security and confidentiality, and human factors. Students will also define hardware and software aspects of clinical information systems and evaluate such systems.
 
• British Columbia Institute of Technology Health Sciences -- Introduction to Health Informatics

Health informatics is a relatively modern discipline emerging from the increasing complexity and constraints in the health care system. Practicing health care professionals, be it at the bedside, in support functions, business or regulatory roles, must be able to demonstrate a competancy in the critical use of health information to perform their responsibilities in suport of their organization's mission and objectives. This introductory course in health informatics provides the health care professional with the fundamental knowledge of how the delivery of patient care can be improved through the appropriate application of information systems.
 
• Duquesne University Introduction to Nursing Informatics

 
• Post Graduate Diploma in Health Informatics

The Department of Information Science and the Wellington School of Medicine at the University of Otago NZ runs a course using the internet as well as conventional distance learning materials and techniques.
 
• University of Rochester Medical Center • Edward G. Miner Library -- Internet Searching

The Internet is basically an enormous world-wide database of information, but with the explosion of the World Wide Web the majority of information has not been built with any organized (common) structure to it. Many different tools have been developed in efforts to connect users more quickly to information of interest. However, because of the varied structure of the information available, it may take more than one tool to zero in on what you're looking for.
 
• Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics: A Flexible Approach to Learning

The Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics is designed to educate healthcare professionals to be effective developers, users and managers of health information resources. Health information is increasingly processed by computers and transmitted by communications technology. The course will provide an understanding of these information systems and their appropriate use within a healthcare setting. Students will learn to identify information needed by doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, government planners and other healthcare professionals and will understand how data is used to make effective healthcare decisions.
 
• Diploma in Medical Informatics

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in partnership with The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine is pleased to offer a Diploma and Certificate Course in Medical Informatics, which has been running since October 2000.
 
• This unique introductory SQL tutorial not only provides easy-to-understand SQL instructions, but it allows you to practice what you learn using the on-line SQL interpreter.