LF:BVVT021c Computer science - Course Information
BVVT021c Health Computer Science
Faculty of MedicineSpring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- MUDr. Aleš Bourek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniel Vlk, CSc. (seminar tutor)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (assistant) - 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
- BVVT021c/01: each odd Thursday 7:00–8:45 F01B1/413
BVVT021c/02: each odd Thursday 8:50–10:30 F01B1/413 - Prerequisites
- 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
- Nutritive therapist (programme LF, B-SZ) (2)
- Human Nutrition (programme LF, B-SZ) (2)
- Course objectives
- This course 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.
- 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
- KASAL, Pavel and Štěpán SVAČINA. Internet a medicína (The Internet and Medicine). 1st ed. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2001, 224 pp. ISBN 80-247-0119-7. info
- 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. 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
- KASAL, Pavel and Štěpán SVAČINA. Lékařská informatika. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 543 s. ISBN 8071845949. info
- Informatika v klinické praxi pro lékaře a klinické biology. Edited by Josef Berger. [1. vyd.]. Praha: Grada, 1993, 418 s. ISBN 80-85623-78-1. info
- Teaching methods
- practical exercises, class discussion
- Assessment methods
- class exercises, colloquium
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- 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/
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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