School of Information Systems & Technology
Faculty of Informatics
ITCS930 – Introduction to Health Informatics
Subject Outline
Autumn Session 2007
Head of School –Assocaite Professor Peter Hyland, Student Resource Centre, Tel: (02) 4221 3606
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Subject Coordinator |
Dr Khin Than Win |
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Telephone Number: |
4221 4142 |
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Email: |
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Location: |
3.207 |
Dr Win’s Consultation Times During Session
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Time |
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Monday |
1:30 – 3:30 p.m |
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Wednesday |
9:30 -11:30 a.m |
Subject Organisation
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Session: |
Autumn session, Wollongong Campus |
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Credit Points |
6 credit points |
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Contact hours per week: |
1 hrs lecture, 2 hr tutorial |
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Lecture Times & Location: |
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Tutorial Day, Time and Location can be found at: |
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Students should check the subject’s web site regularly as important information, including details of unavoidable changes in assessment requirements will be posted from time to time. Any information posted to the web site is deemed to have been notified to all students.
The subject covers clinical decision making and decision support systems and how health informatics and health information systems can assist. Topics include decision-making and decision-support systems in healthcare; knowledge engineering in health informatics, the reasons for the necessity of systematically processing data, information and knowledge in medicine and healthcare; benefits and constraints of using information and communication technology healthcare systems; patient management; primary care systems and knowledge management.
A student who successfully completes this subject should be able to:
1.Identify the technical, social and legal problems related to the developments in Health Informatics
2.Debate legal, business and social issues confronting Health Informatics
3.Critically analyse current strategies, standards and policies in relation to Health Informatics
4.Discuss the key technical and security related issues confronting Health Informatics
5.Evaluate the contribution of Health Informatics to quality of care.
Lecture Schedule
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Weeks |
Study Sessions |
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1 |
Introduction to the subject |
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2 |
Emphasis and trends in health informatics |
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3 |
Health Information Systems |
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4 |
Health Informatics literature search |
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5 |
Data, Information, Knowledge, Databases |
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Data Formats, Standards, Interchange, HL7 |
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7 |
Health Information Retrieval |
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Knowledge Management, Expert Systems, and Clinical Decision Support Systems |
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Using technology to deliver healthcare and health education |
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10 |
GPs Use of IT, Practice Evaluation, Evidence based healthcare |
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11 |
Key technical and security related issues in health informatics |
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12 |
Health Informatics Research, Case Studies |
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13 |
Revision |
Attendance Requirements
It is the responsibility of students to attend all lectures/tutorials/labs/seminars/practical work for subjects for which you are enrolled.
Attendance and participation in lectures, tutorials and web-mediated activities is a requirement for the successful completion of this course. Failure to do so may result in a fail grade being recorded. A good indicator of satisfactory attendance is approximately 80% of the allocated contact hours. Attendance per se is not an assessable component of the course.
It should be noted that according to Course Rule 003{Interpretation Point 2 (t)} each credit point for a single session subject has the value of about two hours per week including class attendance. Therefore, the amount of time spent on each 6 credit point subject should be at least 12 hours per week, which includes lectures/tutorials/labs etc
Satisfactory attendance is deemed to be attendance at approximately 80%* of the allocated contact hours. Attendance rolls may be kept for TUTORIALS. If you are present for less than 80%* you need to apply for special consideration, otherwise a fail grade may be recorded.
Students MUST attend their allocated tutorial unless they have the written permission of the subject coordinator.
There will be a one hour lecture on Wednesday morning for each week of the semester. The lecture notes can be found on the subject website. In order to view them you will need a PDF reader, which can be obtained from the ITS website. Each lecture will examine a topic as specified by the lecture schedule. Tutorial sessions will commence in week 2. Weekly tutorials will consist of small group exercises, readings and discussions.
Subject Materials
There are no prescribed textbooks for this subject. There will be a recommended reading list for each lecture and tutorial. In addition to this, some materials will be placed on the UOW e-Learning site. Students are required to use the library catalogue and databases regularly for the subject material.
This subject has the following assessment components.
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Assessment Items & Format |
Percentage of Final Mark |
Due Date |
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Assignment 1 (3000 words) |
20% |
Week 7 tutorial, both hard copy and soft copy (individual) |
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Assignment 2 Seminar Presentation – 10 Report- 20 |
30% |
Week 13, both hard copy and soft copy submission via UOW e-Learning (group work), Presentation- week 12 |
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Tutorial participation |
10% |
Weekly ongoing |
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Final examination |
40% |
Exam period |
The question for assignment 1 will be released in week 1 of the session. Assignments are to be submitted in the nominated week of Session as stated above. Hard Copy assignments need to be accompanied by a SISAT Assignment Cover Sheet; NOTE: signing this cover sheet confirms the attached work is ENTIRELY your own work (any COPIED work earns both parties ZERO). Penalties may apply to all late work, except in the case of protracted (and certified) illness. One mark will be deducted for each day that work is overdue.
Marked assignments will be returned within 2 weeks from the submission date.
Students must make a serious attempt and perform satisfactorily on all phases of the subject to pass. In particular, all components of the subject must be seriously attempted and students must achieve at least 40 per cent on the final examination to pass the subject, ie. to obtain an overall mark of 45 or higher.
A Tutorial Attendance record will be kept NOTE: attendance at & participation in Tutorials is compulsory.
Scaling
Final results in this subject may be scaled. The scaling method that will be used in this subject is as follows.
If E is the student exam mark, and A is the student assignment mark, the student final mark will be determined as follows:
if E >= 40% of the maximum exam mark: then student final mark is E + A;
if 35% <= E < 40% of the maximum exam mark: then student final mark is /min/{E+A, 47};
Students must refer to the Faculty Handbook or online references which contains a range of policies on educational issues and student matters.
Please note that if this is your last session and you are granted a supplementary exam, be aware that your results will not be processed in time to meet the graduation deadline.
Plagiarism
When you submit an assessment task, you are declaring the following
1. It is your own work and you did not collaborate with or copy from others.
2. You have read and understand your responsibilities under the University of Wollongong's policy on plagiarism.
3. You have not plagiarised from published work (including the internet). Where you have used the work from others, you have referenced it in the text and provided a reference list at the end ot the assignment.
4. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
5. Students are responsible for submitting original work for assessment, without plagiarising or cheating, abiding by the University’s policies on Plagiarism as set out in the Calendar under University Policies, and in Faculty handbooks and subject guides. Plagiarism has led to the expulsion from the University.
This outline should be read in conjunction with the following documents:
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Code of Practice - Teaching and Assessment http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/teaching_code.html |
Key Dates |
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Code of Practice - Students http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_students.html |
Information Literacies Introduction Program |
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Acknowledgement Practice Plagiarism will not be tolerated |
Student Academic Grievance Policy http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_supervision.html#8 |
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Special Consideration Policy http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/courserules/specialconsideration.html |
Code of Practice-Honours |
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Non-Discriminatory Language Practice and Presentation |
Intellectual Property Policy http://www.uow.edu.au/research/researchmanagement/1998IP.html |
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Occupational Health and Safety http://staff.uow.edu.au/ohs/commitment/OHS039-ohspolicy.pdf |
SISAT Internet Access & Student Resource Centre http://www.SISAT.uow.edu.au/info/current/internet_access_and_resource.shtml |
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SISAT Computer Usage Rules http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/support/labs/rules.shtml |
SISAT Style Guide for Footnotes, Documentation, Essay and Report Writing |
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SISAT Student Guide |
Informatics Faculty Librarian, Ms Annette Meldrum, phone: 4221 4637,ameldrum@uow.edu.au |
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SISAT Subject Outlines |
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