Subject

Competencies

Resources

Staff

MODULE 1 OCT

Introduction to Informatics         ( rotation) and online education

Online medical education,

ROTATIING EXPERIENCE                        electronic medical records,                         decision- support tools                         nomenclature and standards                               CPOE and patient safety

Computer Applications in

Health Care and Biomedicine by Shortliffe                       Handbook of Medical Informatics by  Bemmel

N Mehta

and other faculty

MODULE 2 NOV

Health –System Related competencies

Organization behavior and management

Strategic View of the Health System:

Organization and Management of Health system.

The Decision-Making Principles and Processes in the Health system

Roles, Responsibilities, and Accountabilities of Health Systems Professionals

Funding and Governance of the Health System:

The Health System, Finance and Budgeting

Systems Analysis and Design Methods  by  Whitten

H Miller

M Harris

MODULE 3-DEC

Basic Research Methodology

Principles of Research

Procedural documentation for IRB ( incl. MIAMI course)

Statistical Methods and Research Design

Survey development methods

Knowledge of funding resources

Applying NIH grants

Publishing/ presenting in national and  international conferences and journals

Health Status Evaluation, and Other Direct Patient-Used Systems

CMERAD lecture series

Research Proposals: A Guide to Success by Ogden

Evaluation Methods in Medical Informatics  by Friedman

H Miller

M Harris

Manuscript

MODULE 4 –JAN

Information Retrieval

EBM concepts (Including Understanding Evidence, Statistical Methods, Separating Fact from Fiction)

On-Line Search Strategies including use of OVID/ PUBMED/ COCHRANE/CONAHL/ ERIC

Taxonomy of the Literature

Information Sources

Principles of Ethical Practices and Behavior

Information Retrieval

by Hersh

Library staff

Peter Imri

MODULE 5 –FEB

Data Collection, Architecting Analysis and Management

Standardized Data Collection

Principles of Database Management

Use of Data Mining System

Principles of Data Processing, and Management

Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Issues

 (Principles, Legislation, Regulation incl. HIPAA)

Knowledge of Data Standards

Understanding Data Quality Issues (errors, integrity etc.)

Clinical Data Management by Rondel

Clinical research management series  and practical work

Database retrieval on EPIC

B Annecharico

A Jain

MODULE 6- MAR

 Informatics applied to practice

Use of Practice Management System

Use of Patient Database/Medical Records Tools

Artificial intelligence  and use of Decision Support Tools

Use of Prompting and Alerting Systems

Use of Scheduling/Shared Scheduling Systems

Principles of Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security

Knowledge of Billing Process and Systems Support of Billing

Clinical Trial Management Systems

Principles of Professional TQM/CQI

Application in patient safety

Clinical Decision Support Systems - Theory and Practice

By Berner

Introduction to Clinical Informatics

By  Degoulet

Mary Partin

Vance

S Hayden

 A Weiss

MODULE 7, 8 APRIL/ MAY

Technical and Computing Skills

Hardware and OS Testing Method

Networking

Procurement Processes and Policies

Software Evaluation Skills

Understanding the Purpose of the Technologies

Knowledge of Alternative Systems

Assessment of Interoperability

Assessment of Vendor and Product Viability

Principles of System Testing and Validation

Database Query and Report Generating

HTML and Other Mark-up Languages

Web publishing

Query Package, Use of Specific

Presentation Graphics Package, Use of Specific

Search Engines, Use of

Security Tools, Use of SpecificSystem Tools, Use of Specific

New Horizons Training

Devore Training

Edon Walker

COMET  and ITD web team

MODULE 9 – JUNE

Distance  Education  and

Telemedicine principles

Use of Distance-Education System

Obtaining Appropriate Material and Use of Appropriate Technologies/Media

Principles of Adult Education

Knowledge of Education and Training Resources

Use of Telehealth Systems for Remote Care

Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning: Technologies by Belanger           Essentials of Telemedicine and Telecare by Norris

N Mehta

J Schaffer

Competencies                                

Objectives

Resources

Staff

Image informatics

Image Management and Access Systems;

Image  Processing and Reconstruction;

PACS

PACS: Basic Principles and Applications by  Huang         

 Filmless Radiology (Health Informatics) by Siegel

David Periano

Bio-informatics

Principles of genomic research                                                       Applications of informatics to biological problems                                                Bioinformatics applications developed to aid in genome research

Introduction to Bioinformatics by  Attwood

Edon Walker and Lerner institute

Public Health Informatics

Designing and analyzing population level databases                            Merging different databases                                                                   Concept of sampling

Public Health Informatics and Information Systems by O'Carroll

Outside rotation with Case Western / (MetroHealth)

Others

Introduction to Clinical Research ( sept-Jan) Fr    Clinical Research Methods (sept- Jun) tu/fr         Research Management (Jan-May) tue                    Introduction to Biostats                                 Introduction to epidemiology                             questionnaire design

Data Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach by Abbass