BMI Course Information
BMI 102 Introduction to Public Health/Imaging Informatics (3)
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Fall 2009 |
Course not offered |
Spring 2009 |
Course not offered |
Catalog Description
Introduction to existing and future applications in public health and imaging informatics. This is the second course in a three semester series which focuses on biomedical informatics applications in public health (such as population studies and outbreak detection) and medical imaging, including computer-assisted radiological diagnosis, biomedical image processing and telemedicine.
Prerequisites
BMI 101
Textbook and Other Materials
Shortliffe, E. Cimino, J. (Editors) Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (Health Informatics). Third edition.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students who complete this course will be able to:
1. Identify and describe current applications of informatics in public health and imaging applications.
2. Critically appraise existing applications in these areas.
3. Place existing applications in the context of the history of the field.
4. Describe likely future applications and probable growth areas.
Major Topics and Time Covered
- Introduction to public health, epidemiology, and health economics (1 week)
- Population Data (4 weeks)
- Prevention and Screening (1 week)
- Personal Health Records (1 week)
- Consumer Health Information Seeking (1 week)
- Introduction to Imaging (1 week)
- Imaging Applications (4 weeks)
- Telemedicine and Imaging (1 week)