- Docente: Michela Fantini
- Credits: 2
- SSD: INF/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Speech and Language Therapy (cod. 9080)
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from Jan 10, 2025 to Jan 22, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will have the basic IT skills necessary for both using the main computer tools and managing the information systems of services, as well as for using the internet for research and medical informatics.
Course contents
Basic Knowledge
- The computer, the algorithm, software and hardware
- Computer networks and the Internet
Introduction to Health Informatics
- Main areas of informatics in healthcare activities
- Dematerialization of documents in clinical-healthcare settings
- Validation and transmission tools for an electronic document
- Digital archives and preservation of medical documents in public healthcare organizations
- Protection and processing of health-related data
How to process a text document with a word processing program
- Electronic writing
- File formats
- Creating documents with MS-Word
How to organize, process, and analyze biometric and clinical data with spreadsheets
- Organizing, synthesizing, processing, analyzing, and representing data with MS-Excel
- Importing/Exporting data
- Creating, storing, and sharing spreadsheets with Google Drive and Google Sheets
How to create a relational database
- Database structure
- Database architecture
- Relational model
- Designing a database:
- Database objects (tables, forms, queries)
- Elements of Access
How to present and communicate data on screen
- Presentations in MS-PowerPoint
Introduction to bibliographic search engines
The future: an introduction to big data and telemedicine.
Teaching methods
Lectures alternated with practical exercises, both individual and in small groups.
Assessment methods
Groups project presentation during lessons an exam with multiple-choice test and exercises
Office hours
See the website of Michela Fantini