Course detail

Introduction to Medical Informatics

FEKT-AUMIAcad. year: 2010/2011

Computers in medicine and biology. Medical data: acquisition, storage and exploitation. Systems based on patients‘ computer records. Data acquisition systems. Hospital information systems. Biostatics. Decision-making in medicine: inference probability. Clinical systems for inference support. Medical informatics standards. Ethics and healthcare informatics: users, standards. Bioinformatics. Fundamentals of genetic information processing.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Valentine Provazník, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Biomedical Engineering (UBMI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Fundamental theoretical knowledge and practical training in medical informatics with focus on medical data processing.

Prerequisites

Knowledge at secondary school level and of completed subjects in the study area

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

Computers in medicine and biology. Medical data. Hospital information systems. Biostatistics. Clinical systems for supported decision making. Standards in medical informatics. Processing of genetic information.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To provide the students with the fundamental theoretical knowledge and practical experience in medical informatics. The subject covers the area of processing specific medical data, fundamentals of medical information systems design and computer-aided medical diagnostics.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

P. Degoulet, B. Phister, M. Fieschi: Introduction to Medical Informatics. Springer-Verlag New York, 1999. ISBN: 0387946411 (EN)
J.H. van Bemmel and M.A. Musen: Handbook of Medical Informatics, Springer-Verlag, 1997. ISBN: 3540633510 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BTBIO-A Bachelor's

    branch A-BTB , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning

    branch ET-CZV , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Valentine Provazník, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Computers in medicine and biology. Medical data: acquisition, storage and exploitation. Systems based on patients‘ computer recods. Data acquisition systems. Hospital information systems. Biostatics. Decision-making in medicine: probability inference. Clinical systems for inference support. Standards in medical informatics. Ethics and healthcare informatics: users, standards. Bioinformatics. Genetic information processing.

Exercise in computer lab

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Denisa Maděránková, Ph.D.
Ing. Helena Vítková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Biostatic methods in medicine
Application of expert diagnostic systems
Introduction to operation of the MIS CLINICOM medical diagnostic system
Terminal emulation and MIS CLINICOM modules
Textual data input in MIS CLINICOM
Data representation in MIS CLINICOM
Administration and access rights for MIS CLINICOM
MIS CLINICOM output files

The other activities

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Valentine Provazník, Ph.D.