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Høst 2014
INF-3792 Medical informatics - 10 stp
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Course contents
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Admission requirements
Application code: 9371 - Singular courses at master's level
Objective of the course
Upon the successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Identify core areas (concepts) of medical informatics, including decision support systems, medical imaging and laboratory systems.
- Understand how medical informatics is included in medical decision-making.
- Evaluate a medical informatics system based on various criteria such as safety, decision support systems and classification systems.
- Understand the opportunities and limitations of medical informatics.
- Describe current systems and how important historical uses have been important for the evolution of existing systems.
- Analyze current scientific and research needs related to medical informatics.
Students must experimental activity obtained:
- Experience with various health IT systems
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Teaching methods
Assessment
Work requirements: Up to 5 mandatory exercises / laboratory reports. Oral presentation of the mandatory exercises can be claimed. Presentations and mandatory exercises / laboratory reports graded "Approved" / "Not approved".
The exam includes a written examination of four hours duration, counts 100%. The work requirement must be passed in order to access the exam.
Grading scale: Letter grades A-F.
Re-sit examination:
It will not be given a re-sit exam in the teaching free semester for this course, unless a postponed exam already is arranged (conditional re-sit exam). To get access to the exam in the teaching free semester the student must have passed the course requirements.
Postponed examination:
Given early in teaching free semester. It will be arranged a 4 hour written exam counting 100%. To get access to the exam in the teaching free semester the student must have passed the course requirements.
Ordinary examination in the teaching free semester (early exam):
It will not be given a new ordinary examination in the teaching free semester for this course.
For further details see:
- Utfyllende bestemmelser for eksamener ved Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi (only in Norwegian)
- Regulations for examinations at the UiT
Date for examination
The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.
Recommended reading/syllabus
INFORMATICS SKILLS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE
PROTOCOL-BASED SYSTEMS LANGUAGE, CODING AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE
INTERNET TECHNOLOGY AND EHEALTH
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
MEDICAL COMPUTING APPLICATIONS
ETHICS AND HEALTH INFORMATICSINTRODUCTION
Some changes can be done to the teaching plan.
Recommended reading:
Edward H. Shortliffe, James J. Cimino (Eds), Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine. 4th ed. Springer; 2014 (ISBN-13: 978-1447144731)
A list of books, book chapters, papers and pre-recorded slides matching the topics above is provided to the students. Additional independent readings may be recommended based on the students' background (technology, health).
All information from the lecturer is provided through the Fronter LMS.