Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Jari Viik

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1, 2 : Tuesday 12 - 14, SH304	3.-n. vuosikurssi Biotekniikan koulutusohjelma KV-opiskelijat Sähkötekniikan koulutusohjelma Tietotekniikan koulutusohjelma

Requirements

Active participation in the lectures and exercises (20%), seminar work and oral presentation (30%), final exam on the Internet (50%).
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

After completing the course you understand the role of medical informatics systems and complexity of application of information technology in health care. You have learned structured presentation of the medical information and you can discuss advantages and disadvantages of computerized information prosessing.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Medical data, information and knowledge.
2.	Analysis, classification and processing of patient-related information.
3.	Medical information systems: health care and clinical information systems, decision support systems.
4.	Safety and security of the information systems. Standardization.
5.	Assessment of medical information systems.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Final exam 50%, seminar work and presentation 30%, assignments 20%.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Handbook of Medical Informatics	J.H. van Bemmel, M.A. Musen (ed)					English
Lecture slides	Medical Informatics	J. Nousiainen, J. Viik			Internetissä.		English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

Additional information

LTT-4016 replaces the course LTT-4010.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Seminar work ITC Utilization Practical works	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 20 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	19.06.2008
Modifier	Juha Nousiainen