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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 15:09:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Donald Parsons <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: A new Distance Learning Course in Medical Informatics

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                                             Feb 28, 1998
The SCHOOL of PUBLIC HEALTH, Department of BIOMETRY and
STATISTICS, of the University at Albany, Albany NY, is
pleased to announce:

A new DISTANCE LEARNING course in:

          INTRODUCTORY MEDICAL INFORMATICS (MI)

          http://www.albany.edu/medical_informatics/

THE TOPIC:
     Medical Informatics (MI)is the science of computer
optimization of the transfer and interpretation of
clinical data. It has a special emphasis on analyzing and
supporting the medical decision-making process.
     MI provides an opportunity for students with diverse
backgrounds (public health, medical students and
residents, nurses, computer science, business computer
science, administrators, physicists, engineers, etc) to
work in the field of clinical medicine. Technical detail
has been reduced in this course to suit a broad audience.
     Topics covered are: computers in medicine, Bayesian
probability for diagnosis, decision trees, clinical
knowledge bases, Decision Support Systems (DSS), medical
data and computerized medical records, searching and
data-mining of very large databases (including medical
literature databases), Hospital Information Systems (HIS)
and clinical Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), county
health department WWW communications, telemedicine,
tele-radiology and Picture Archiving and Communication
Systems (PACS), medical use of the Internet, Medical
Artificial Intelligence (MAI), expert systems, patient
monitoring systems, Nursing Informatics, information
processing in infectious diseases, health care outcomes
analysis, and Computer Aided Instruction (CAI).

THE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE
     The home page gives access to all the "Chapters". It
is also a Medical Informatics News and Resources page for
postings about New York State, national, and
international MI information (including grant
opportunities, job listings, conferences, papers, books,
new WWW sites, and mail lists. Send this material to the
Maintainer, Donald F.Parsons MD, PhD
<[log in to unmask]>.
     There is world access for the home page and for the
fist two chapters of the course (michap1.html and
michap2.html). If you wish to read the remaining chapters
(michap3.html to michap12.html), to take the two tests
and final exam, and to get 3 credits, you will need to
register with University at Albany. Send e-mail to Dr.
Helga Straif-Taylor <[log in to unmask]> who will
send you a user-name and a password when your
registration is completed.
     Anyone, anywhere in the world, may participate. No
Instructor permission is needed. You can take the course
in your spare time and at your own pace. Whan ready for
the Test #1 (covering michap1-4), or Test #2 (covering
michap5-8), or the Final Exam (covering all chapters)
send an e-mail request to D.F. Parsons.

     The recommended textbook is "Introduction to
Clinical Informatics," by P. Degoulet and M. Fieschi.
Springer Verlag, 1997. ISBN 0-387-94641-1
     Good Luck and enjoy the course!
Don Parsons

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