Module Number

MDZINFM1410
Module Title

Introduction to Medical Informatics
Type of Module

Compulsory
ECTS 6
Work load
- Contact time
- Self study
Workload:
180 h
Class time:
60 h / 4 SWS
Self study:
120 h
Duration 1 Semester
Frequency In the winter semester
Language of instruction German
Type of Exam

Written Test

Lecture type(s) Lecture, Tutorial
Content

Typical occupational fields and fields of application for medical information scientists in health care institutions and the IT industry, general conditions of IT in health care, IT support of information logistics in hospitals, process modeling prior to the implementation of IT systems, core applications in medical information systems (examples from hospitals), important medical information and data structures, IT-relevant medical terminology and its use in medical documentation systems for the purpose of information retrieval. information systems (examples from hospitals), important medical information and data structures, IT-relevant medical terminology, classifications and their use in medical documentation systems for the purpose of information retrieval, special problems such as computer-aided communication in hospitals and data protection. Overview of selected special areas of IT in healthcare. / IT-related excursion to the university hospital.

Objectives

The students know the most common areas of application of computer-aided procedures in health care institutions (especially hospitals). They also know important problems of IT for the support of the diagnostic-therapeutic process (using the example of a hospital) and also the approaches to solutions. They are familiar with the handling of particularly IT-relevant medical terminology and classifications.

Allocation of credits / grading
Type of Class
Status
SWS
Credits
Type of Exam
Exam duration
Evaluation
Calculation
of Module (%)
Lecture
V
o
4
6.0
wt
90
g
100
Prerequisite for participation There are no specific prerequisites.
Lecturer / Other Lautenbacher
Literature

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Last offered Wintersemester 2022
Planned for Wintersemester 2023
Assigned Study Areas MDZINFM