BMI Course Information
BMI 461 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Informatics I (3)
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Fall 2009 |
Course not offered |
Spring 2009 |
Course not offered |
Catalog Description
This course covers current trends and cutting edge research areas of clinical, public health and consumer health informatics. The course has a particular emphasis on research that is of relevance to patients, and the healthy public, covering such topics as outbreak detection and the personal health record. In addition, it will cover research on the use of technology in medical education, and the ways in which clinical decision support systems are applied in contemporary medical practice.
Prerequisites
BMI 312
Course Learning Outcomes
Students who complete this course will be able to:
1. Describe current developments in these areas.
2. Identify future trends in biomedical informatics research in these areas.
3. Place these innovations in the context of the history of the field and identify probable growth areas.
4. Make and support suggestions for fertile areas for future research.
Major Topics and Time Covered
- Regional/National Health Networks (2 weeks)
- Contemporary Clinical Decision Support (2 weeks)
- Disease Surveillance (1 week)
- Knowledge Management (1 week)
- The Personal Health Record (2 weeks)
- Consumer-driven Clinical Research (2 weeks)
- Informatics Approaches to Medical Error (2 weeks)
- Informatics in Medical Education (1 week)
- Public Health, Population Medicine, Policy and Prevention (2 weeks)