- Docente: Mauro Gaspari
- Credits: 2
- SSD: INF/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
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from Oct 15, 2025 to Dec 23, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the knowledge and understanding of the basic IT skills necessary for the use of common digital tools, the management of service information systems, and the use of the internet in research, medical informatics, telemedicine, and biomedical instrumentation.
Course contents
Basic Notions on Operating systems and computer architectures.
Configuration and use of a PC connected to the Internet.
Spreadsheets and search engines.
Firms information systems, networks and Web infrastructure.
Databases and SQL queries.
Further insights will also be provided on medical devices and the application of artificial intelligence in the medical and physiotherapy context.
Readings/Bibliography
Informatica per l'impresa tra soluzioni proprietarie ed open source.
Mauro GASPARI, Gianluigi ROVEDA, Sara ZUPPIROLI
Bonomo Editore 2023 (Fourth Edition)
Additional material consisting of scientific articles indicated during the course.
Teaching methods
Lectures and in-class discussions of scientific articles on topics related to medical devices and the application of artificial intelligence in the medical and physiotherapy contexts.
Assessment methods
Written exam consisting of three exercises: an SQL query; an exercise on spreadsheets; an exercise on computer networks with three open-ended questions; and one open-ended question on medical devices and the application of artificial intelligence in the medical and physiotherapy context.
The exam will last one hour. The final grade, expressed on a 30-point scale, will be the sum of the points obtained in the individual exercises.
Students with learning disabilities or temporary or permanent disabilities: please contact the relevant University office promptly (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it). The office will advise students of possible adjustments, that will be submitted to the professor for approval 15 days in advance. He/she will evaluate their suitability also in relation to the academic objectives of the course.
Teaching tools
Blackboard, video projector and computer
Office hours
See the website of Mauro Gaspari
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.