MEDICAL INFORMATICS

BENG420

Course Code: BENG420
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn overview of medical informatics and its applications.
Improve problem solving ability about current issues of medical informatics concepts, suggests novel solutions to them.
Improve writing and presenting projects about course contents.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

This course presents an overview of medical informatics and its main applications. In this course; reasons for necessity of systematically processing data, database applications, benefits and current constraints of using information and communication technology in medicine and health care, medical data and records, medical data coding and classification, medical standarts, decision and diagnostic support and, telemedicine and internet applications are handled.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Overview of medical informatics
2^nd Week	Medical data and electronic health records
3^rd Week	Mobile Technologies and its applications in helathcare
4^th Week	Using information and communication technology in medicine and health care
5^th Week	Database design and applications I
6^th Week	Database design and applications II
7^th Week	Coding and classification of medical data
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Medical standarts
10^th Week	Medical decision and diagnostic support systems
11^th Week	Security and privacy of medical records
12^th Week	Aplications of ministry of Health, Medula
13^th Week	Personel health records, user side of medical informatics
14^th Week	Novel technologies in healthcare

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2
K3
K4		X
K5
K6		X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11