BHVT011s Basics of Computer Science and Informatics - Seminar

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Aleš Bourek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Erik Staffa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniel Vlk, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Daniel Vlk, CSc.
Department of Biophysics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Marta Vágnerová
Supplier department: Department of Biophysics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 F01B1/310
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
Students will be able to discuss possibilities, limitations and risks of information and communication technologies in the healthcare environment. The course 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 basic behavioral habits;
Syllabus
  • In the seminars devoted to "Health Informatics" 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
    required 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
    recommended 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
  • 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
seminars, class discussion
Assessment methods
2 written tests (depending on the level of inclusion of students in the course of discussions during the seminars). Evaluation of tests in the form of "passed" / "failed" . In order to pass, 50% score must be achieved in the tests.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.
Teacher's information
http://www.med.muni.cz/~bourek/
Seminars take place in rooms allocated by IS MUNI in each semester
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2024.
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