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Introduction to Medical Informatics
academic year 2022/2023, 1st semester

COURSE INFORMATION

Course codes: AOK-OAKV481, AOK-OAKV482
Year/semester: 1st year, 1st semester
Credits: 3
Form of examination: 5 degree practical mark, signature
Lecture: 1 lesson per week
Lecture place and time: Monday 15:00 - 15:45 (Big Education Center, Room Ivánovics György - Lecture Hall)
Practice: 2 lessons per week
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COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course aims to educate students on the use of modern information technologies for effective work in life sciences and to broaden their horizons by presenting the achievements and trends in health informatics. Upon completion of the course, the student will acquire a basic knowledge of information technology in health systems that can be effectively applied in practice. Students will be able to organize, process, and visualize biomedical data. They will also acquire the basic IT skills and practical techniques required for documentation, presentation, and various areas of computer communication.

The lectures cover the basic concepts of medical informatics, the fundamentals of computer architecture, principles and functions of software applications, operating systems, the principles and usage of computer networks and web-based applications, data archiving and data security. The lecture topics also include the concepts of data processing and presentation in life sciences, medical digital imaging, and innovative medical solutions such as telemedicine, medical application of 3D printing, virtual or augmented reality, and deep learning.

The practicals are designed to teach basic IT skills, computer-aided analysis of biomedical data, documentation and presentation activities, as well as various areas of computer communication. Practicals will provide background knowledge for managing health databases on the web, processing and interpreting health data, presenting the results, and preparing the necessary documentation. Students will also learn through practical demonstrations about the use of smart telemedicine tools.

Syllabus of the lectures (Monday 15:00-15:45)

  1. September 5 - Informatics revolutionized medicine and medical research (Prof. Ferenc Bari)
  2. September 12 - Computer architecture: form personal computers to supercomputers and smart devices (Prof. Ferenc Peták)
  3. September 19 - Computer software, Operating Systems, viruses (Prof. Ferenc Peták)
  4. September 26 - Medical image processing (Dr. Attila Nagy)
  5. October 3 - Integrated hospital information systems (MedSol), standards, medical digital image networks (Dr. Attila Nagy)
  6. October 10 - Computer networks (Dr. József Tolnai)
  7. October 17 - Internet, cloud computing and data security (Dr. József Tolnai)
  8. October 24 - Data presentation (Dr. József Tolnai)
  9. November 7 - Telemedicine (Dr. József Tolnai)
  10. November 14 - Perspectives of telemedicine (Prof. Ferenc Bari)
  11. November 21 - Medical applications of 3D design and printing (Dr. Gergely Fodor)
  12. November 28 - 3D bioprinting (Prof. Ferenc Bari)
  13. December 5 - Medical applications of virtual and augmented reality (Dr. Gergely Fodor)

Syllabus of the practicals

  1. General information, hardware and software environment of the practice, CooSpace, eduID, Office 365, MS Teams
  2. Smart telemedicine devices and applications in practice (data collection)
  3. Introduction to spreadsheets using MS Excel (data input, data validation, autofill)
  4. Evaluation of medical data with spreadsheets (references, calculations, functions)
  5. Evaluation of medical data with spreadsheets (basic statistics, advanced functions)
  6. Evaluation of medical data with spreadsheets (charts, sorting, filtering)
  7. Evaluation of medical data with spreadsheets (regression, large tables, pivot table)
  8. 1st practical test
  9. Creating scientific presentation (PowerPoint, Prezi, Mentimeter)
  10. Medical data on the web. Creating online medical surveys and forms
  11. Documents, formatting large documents (styles, table of contents, figures and captions, list of figures)
  12. Advanced document editing (header, footer, footnote, endnote, cross reference, references)
  13. 2nd practical test
  14. MedSol demonstration

All handouts for the lectures and practicals will be available on the CooSpace scene.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COURSE

Attendance of the lectures is strongly recommended, downloading lecture slides cannot substitute for participation at the lecture. There is no end-semester final exam. The course ends in a five-step evaluation.

Attendance at the practices is obligatory. Completion of the practical course is certified by the instructor’s signature. The prerequisites for this signature are attending them and writing the pass level of mid-term tests. Practices can be made up by students on their own with tutorials and e-learning materials uploaded to Coospace. The absence shall be certified in accordance with faculty and university regulations.

During the semester student have to pass two practical tests (each with a maximum of 100 points), including a theoretical (25%) and a practical part (75%). A maximum of 10 bonus points can be awarded by the practical teacher for individual work. Further 2 points/lecture can be awarded for a successful Mentimeter test at the end of each lecture.

Retake is possible at the end of the semester on the last practice.
Grades of the course are determined as follows:
  •     0–100 points: failed (1)
  • 101–125 points: passed (2)
  • 126–150 points: accepted (3)
  • 151–175 points: good (4)
  • 176–200 points: excellent (5)