Health Research Informatics

Code:

PDICSS013_6

Acronym:

PDICSS013_6

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Sciences-Clinical and Health Serv. Research

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	PhD in Clinical and Health Services Research

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDICSS	25	Current Studies Plan	1	-	3	14	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Describe the concepts of data, information and knowledge;

Characterize the main data support systems, and the main interfaces for data collection;

Use the main databases, database management systems, interfaces to query and data summary, the Internet and Web technologies and key emerging technologies in the planning and implementations of research in health;

Characterize the departmental and hospital information systems;

Use electronic medical records, coding and classification systems and support systems for clinical decision  in the planning and implementations  of health research;

Describe the main standards of communication in Medical Informatics.

Learning outcomes and competences

-

Working method

Presencial

Program

Information and communication technologies: Data, information and knowledge; data support; interfaces for data collection; databases; interfaces for data management; internet and web-technologies.

Medical informatics: hospital information systems, electronic clinical records; clinical decision support systems.

Mandatory literature

Shortliffe, E. H., & Cimino, J. J. ; Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine, Springer. , 2006
Coiera, E. ; Guide to Health Informatics. Guide to health informatics, 2003
Berner, E. ; Clinical decision support systems: theory and practice, Springer, 2006
Brahnam, S., & Jain, L. C. ; Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare 5: Intelligent Decision Support Systems, 2010
Cruz-Correia, R., Rodrigues, P. P., Freitas, A., Almeida, F., Chen, R., & Costa-Pereira, A; Data Quality and Integration Issues in Electronic Health Records. In V. Hristidis (Ed.), Information Discovery on Electronic Health Records (pp. 55–95). , CRC Press., 2009
Nee, O., & Hein, A. ; Clinical Decision Support with Guidelines and Bayesian Networks. In Advances in Decision Support Systems, INTECH., 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical exposition;

Demonstrative method;

Individual and group assignments;

Group discussion;

Using an e-learning platform.

 

Evaluation methods:

Distributed evaluation with final exam. The evaluation will be conducted using practical exercises (50%) and a final exam (50%).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	15,00
Trabalho escrito	8,00
Total:	23,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance to classes and submition of essay.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed evaluation with final exam. The evaluation will be conducted using practical exercises (50%) and a final exam (50%).