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Costs of attending this course,
including travel, housing, and meals at the MBL, are fully supported by
the National Library of Medicine, NIH.
This week-long survey course is designed to familiarize individuals
with the application of computer technologies and information science
in biomedicine and health science. Through a combination of lectures
and hands-on computer exercises, participants will be introduced to the
conceptual and technical components of biomedical informatics. The
conceptual components will include principles of database design,
human-computer interfaces, medical terminologies and coding systems,
medical decision analysis methods, clinical information systems
architectures, and methods for measuring costs and benefits in health
care systems. The technical components will include use of the Internet
for biomedical applications, current and emerging wide area network
technologies, use of literature and molecular sequence databases, and
systems for telemedicine. Evening workshops will include hands-on project development to give students the opportunity to bring their own expertise to bear and apply the lessons learned in class to a relevant informatics application.
Taught by a nationally known faculty, the course will prepare the
student to become actively involved in making informed decisions about
computer-based tools in his/her organizational environment, and improve
the student’s own computer skills.
This is a National Library of Medicine fellowship program directed at
medical educators, medical librarians, medical administrators, and
young faculty who are not currently knowledgeable but can become agents
of change in their institutions. Limited to 30 fellows per session.
Continuing Education Credits
The
Massachusetts
Medical
Society designates this
educational activity for a maximum of 39.5 AMA PRA Category 1
CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the
Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education through the Joint Sponsorship of the
Massachusetts Medical Society and the Marine Biological Laboratory.
The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
This course is also approved for 40 CE contact hours by the Medical Library
Association (MLA).
2012 Course Faculty & Lecturers:
Note: not all faculty participate in both the Spring and
Fall courses
Patricia Abbott, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Michael Ackerman, National Library of Medicine
Joan Ash, Oregon Health and Science University
Kathi Canese, National Library of Medicine
James Cimino, National Institutes of Health
Guilherme Del Fiol, University of Utah
Marcelo Fiszman, National Library of Medicine
Mark Frisse, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
David Hale, National Library of Medicine
Paul Harris, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
John Hurdle, University of Utah
Jim Jirjis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kevin Johnson, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lawrence Kingsland, National Library of Medicine (Ret.)
Donald Lindberg, National Library of Medicine
Eneida Mendonca, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Blackford Middleton, Partners Healthcare System
Alexa McCray, Harvard Medical School
Joyce Mitchell, University of Utah
Stephen Phillips, National Library of Medicine
Edward Shortliffe, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Catherine Staes, University of Utah
Justin Starren, Biomedical Informatics Research Center
Umberto Tachinardi, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Course Teaching Assistant
Jennifer Pakiam, National Library of Medicine
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