BOVT041c Informatics in Health Sciences

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Aleš Bourek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniel Vlk, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Aleš Bourek, Ph.D.
Department of Biophysics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Aleš Bourek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biophysics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BOVT041c/01: Wed 8:00–10:00 F01B1/413
BOVT041c/02: Wed 10:00–12:00 F01B1/413
Prerequisites
BOEO0321 Economy and Store Operation I
Basic skills used in data, information and knowledge management and work with ICT.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course the student will have to demonstrate during steered discussions insight and basic skills and habbits in data handling and processing of health related data, information and concepts as defined in the following paragraphs. This course (in the part dedicated to healthcare informatics) is focused on discusing possibilities, limitations and risks of information and communication technologies in the healthcare environment. It is not predominantly targeted at teaching computer skills. In the seminars devoted to "Health Informatics" focus is on obtaining insight and basic skills and habbits in data handling and processing. Ths student will have to demonstrate the ability of making reasoned decisions in the following areas: 1. Searching, retrieval, storage, use of data, information and knowledge in medical decision making in diagnostics, treatment.
2. Improvement of skills in critical thinking especially in the area of Evidence Based Medicine.
3. Understanding the logics of the health and health care environment, communication with professionals and lay community (patients and their families).
4. Gaining innitial insight in the core areas of health care informatics competences (possibilities, limitations and risks) in use of information and communication technologies in a medical environment.
Seminars do not focus on training activities related to specific hardware or software resources. This is not a course in computer literacy (working with concrete software programs).
Syllabus
  • In the seminars devoted to "Health Infomratics" focus is on obtaining insight and basic skills and habbits in data handling and processing: 1. Searching, retrieval, storage, use of data, information and knowledge in medical decision making in diagnostics, treatment.
  • 2. Improvement of skills in critical thinking.
  • 3. Understanding the logics of the health and health care environment, communication with professionals and lay community (patients and their families).
  • 4. Gaining innitial insight in the core areas of health care informatics competences (possibilities, limitations and risks) in use of information and communication technologies in a medical environment.
  • It does not focus on training activities related to specific hardware or software resources.   This is not a course in computer literacy (working with concrete software programs). Basic overview of the courses may be found through the use of the MS Powerpoint presentations available through links at the bottom of the WWW document located at http://www.med.muni.cz/~bourek
Literature
  • MORNSTEIN, Vojtěch. Healthcare informatics and overview of computer literacy for medical students. In: Fundamentals of biophysics and medical technology. In BOUREK, Aleš. Healthcare informatics and overview of computer literacy for medical students. In: Fundamentals of biophysics and medical technology. 1st ed. Brno: MU Press, 2007, p. 292-317, 27 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4228-5. info
  • BOUREK, Aleš. Dlouhodobé strategie (Longterm Strategies). Praha: Grada Publishing, 2001, 3 pp. Internet a medicína. ISBN 80-274-0119-7. info
  • BOUREK, Aleš. Programy kvality a standardy léčebných postupů (základní dílo včetně 1. aktualizace). In Programy kvality a standardy léčebných postupů - praktická příručka pro nemocnice, polikliniky a ambulantní péči. Praha: Verlag Dashöfer,s.r.o., 2002, p. vol.listy, 67 pp. ISBN 80-86229-29-7. info
Teaching methods
practicals / class discussion
Assessment methods
Teaching is provided in "seminar/workshop" format. Attendance of the seminars is mandatory. Obtained level of knowledge and understanding of the subject of the seminars will be verrified by short "rhetorical excercises" of the students demonstrating the level of understanding of the subject of the seminar. Teaching is termiinated by successfully passing all seminars and is credited. and ended by a colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.med.muni.cz/~bourek/
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
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