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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL INFORMATICS BME611 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITDoctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) To learn and understand data records and biosignal analysis
2) To gain an understanding of Ethics in Biomedical and Health Informatics
3) To acquire knowledge of biomedical imaging informatics
4) To learn health informatics and decision support systems
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITIONThis course presents an overview of the history and current research priorities of the medical informatics field. Major course topic areas are the implementation of electronic health records in patient care settings and their use to help manage the health of large patient populations including the acquisition, storage, use and representation of medical data; data interchange standards; health information retrieval and knowledge management methods; patient information portals and personal health records; people and organizational issues; medical reasoning and probabilistic decision support methods; evidence-based medicine and guidelines and patient population data management.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introdcuction
2nd Week Data from Patients
3rd Week Electronic Medical Records
4th Week Biosignal Analysis
5th Week Clinical Departmental systems
6th Week Standarts in Biomedical Informatics
7th Week Management of Information in Healthcare Organizations
8th Week Clinical Decision-Support systems
9th Week Medical Decision Support systems
10th Week Public Health Informatics
11th Week Ethics in Biomedical and Health Informatics
12th Week Telehealth
13th Week Biomedical Imaging Informatics
14th Week The Future of Informatics in Biomedicine
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGShortliffe EH & Cimino JJ, eds. Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine, 3rd ed. New York, Springer
Journal articles and recent patents.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term135
Assignment120
Total(%)55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)45
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam17272
Preparation for Quiz000
Individual or group work236
Preparation for Final exam12424
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam12424
Laboratory (including preparation)000
Final exam19696
Homework12424
Total Workload288
Total Workload / 309,6
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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