inf521 - Medical Informatics (Complete module description)

Module label	Medical Informatics
Module code	inf521
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h
Institute directory	Department of Computing Science
Applicability of the module	Bachelor's Programme Business Informatics (Bachelor) > Akzentsetzungsbereich Praktische Informatik und Angewandte Informatik Master of Education Programme (Gymnasium) Computing Science (Master of Education) > Wahlpflichtmodule (Angewandte Informatik) Master of Education Programme (Hauptschule and Realschule) Computing Science (Master of Education) > Mastermodule
Responsible persons	Wulff, Antje (module responsibility) Kaspar, Mathias (Module counselling) Lehrenden, Die im Modul (authorised to take exams)
Prerequisites	No participant requirement
Skills to be acquired in this module	This module provides an introduction to the medical informatics and medical technology. Professional competence The students: know the medical and healthcare computer science applications know typical IT solutions and infrastructures know the legal framework to process care data know medical classifications and nomenclatures and the DRG-System and are able to apply them Methodological competence The students: know bio-medical research requirements and patient data privacy methods know communication standards and apply them in small-scale scenarios know and apply patient safety and risk management methods know and apply biosignal and image processing methods Social competence The students: realise the importance of communication during the software development process between developer, customer and user of a successful and secure system. Feedback, request, respectful cooperation and the empathy of other disciplines' working processes are of great importance. Self-competence The students: realise their responsibility as a medical informatic and reflect their impact on patients, medical employers and hospitals (corporates)
Module contents	Medical informatics introduction / medical documentation Medical documentation / progression of disease Healthcare information systems Terminology and classification / Medical controling Image processing / interoperability and communication standards Medical data privacy Medical research Analyses of information system data Decision making support and process management MI/MT patient safetiness (Regulatory Affairs) Telemedicine / Customer Health informatics Medical technology introduction, biomedical technology Biosignal processing, sensor technology Robotics, prosthetics
Recommended reading	Jan van Bemmel , M.A. Musen , Mark A. Musen (Hrsg.): Handbook of Medical Informatics. Springer, Heidelberg 1997 Christian Johner und Peter Haas (Hrsg.): Praxishandbuch IT im Gesundheitswesen Carl Hanser Verlag München 2009 Dugas, Schmidt: Medizinische Informatik und Bioinformatik. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2003
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Language of instruction	German
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	annual
Module capacity	unlimited
Teaching/Learning method	V+Ü

Type of course	SWS	Frequency	Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture	2	SuSe	28
Exercises	2	SuSe	28
Total module attendance time			56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module	At the end of the lecture period	Written or oral exam