BDIT021 Healthcare Informatics

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Aleš Bourek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniel Vlk, CSc. (lecturer)
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
Prerequisites
Basic general 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 outline 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
    recommended 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
  • MORNSTEIN, Vojtěch, Aleš BOUREK and Ivo HRAZDIRA. Biophysical Principles of Medical Technology. 2nd ed. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 2000, 148 pp. ISBN 80-210-2414-3. info
  • FORÝTKOVÁ, Lenka and Aleš BOUREK. Programy kvality a standardy léčebných postupů, Editorství Standardů léčebných postupů. Verlag-Dashofer, Praha, 2006, 150 pp. 2006. ISBN 80-86229-29-7. info
  • BOUREK, Aleš. Jak hledat na Internetu dokumenty z gynekologie (How to search gynecology related documents in Internet). Gynekolog. Hradec-Králové: MedExart, 2006, vol. 2006, No 5, p. 199-202. ISSN 1210-1133. URL info
  • BOUREK, Aleš. Vyhledávací služby v Internetu obecně a se zaměřením pro gynekologii (Searchengines in the Internet with emphasis on gynecology). Brno: Medica Publishing, 2001. Praktická gynekologie, 5/2001, č.3. ISBN 1211-6645. info
  • BOUREK, Aleš. General Principles and Logic of Quality Management in Health and Healthcare. In MOUMTZOGLOU A. and KASTANIA A. E-Health Systems Quality and Reliability: Models and Standards. 1st ed. Hershey PA: Medical Information Science Ref. IGI, 2011, p. 2-19, 17 pp. ISBN 978-1-61692-843-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-843-8.ch001. 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.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkově 4 hodiny.
Teacher's information
http://www.med.muni.cz/~bourek
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020.
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