MRIS0211p Computer science and quality management in health care

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Aleš Bourek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Tomáš Pavlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniel Vlk, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Aleš Bourek, Ph.D.
Department of Biophysics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Biophysics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
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
Course objectives
This course is focused on discussing possibilities, limitations and risks of information and communication technologies in the healthcare environment. It is not predominantly targeted at teaching computer skills
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to independently and actively seek and use tools, procedures and processes facilitating the correct use of information society environment for more effective study of medicine and more efficient provision of medical services in individual medical specialties; The student will understand the possibilities and risks of digitization and use of digital information and communication tools in the process of providing medical services; The student will get a general overview of the benefits of the information society in the medical domain and will acquire basic behavioral habits;
Syllabus
  • In the seminars devoted to "Health Informatics" focus is on obtaining insight and basic skills and habits 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 logic of the health and health care environment, communication with professionals and lay community (patients and their families). • 4. Gaining initial 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/
Teaching methods
Face-to-face and on-line discussion seminars that follow individual preparation by means of a dedicated research study on a given theme.
Assessment methods
Requested active feedback in the course of discussion seminars.
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
http://www.med.muni.cz/ bourek/
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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