Doing and Understanding

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia LeRouge ◽  
Herman Tolentino ◽  
Sherrilynne Fuller ◽  
Allison Tuma
Keyword(s):  
Health Informatics ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Case Method

This chapter provides an introduction to the pedagogy of using the case method particularly for instruction in the health informatics context. The thoughts and insights shared in this chapter are inspired by basic theories, published methods, and lessons learned from the authors’ collective experiences. They illustrate the case teaching experience by engaging the reader in an exercise to highlight the basic phases of the case method process and challenges of the process. The case referenced in this exercise (provided in the Appendix to this chapter) has been used on multiple occasions by authors of this chapter, and they draw on their experiences in using this case to illustrate points throughout the exercise. The authors close the chapter by providing the reader with strategies and considerations in using the case method.

scholarly journals Health informatics and EHR to support clinical research in the COVID-19 pandemic: an overview

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arianna Dagliati ◽  
Alberto Malovini ◽  
Valentina Tibollo ◽  
Riccardo Bellazzi
Keyword(s):  
Health Informatics ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Data Governance ◽  
Data Interoperability ◽  
Data Stewardship ◽  
Data Infrastructures ◽  
Healthcare Processes ◽  
Day By Day ◽  
Open Issues

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has clearly shown that major challenges and threats for humankind need to be addressed with global answers and shared decisions. Data and their analytics are crucial components of such decision-making activities. Rather interestingly, one of the most difficult aspects is reusing and sharing of accurate and detailed clinical data collected by Electronic Health Records (EHR), even if these data have a paramount importance. EHR data, in fact, are not only essential for supporting day-by-day activities, but also they can leverage research and support critical decisions about effectiveness of drugs and therapeutic strategies. In this paper, we will concentrate our attention on collaborative data infrastructures to support COVID-19 research and on the open issues of data sharing and data governance that COVID-19 had made emerge. Data interoperability, healthcare processes modelling and representation, shared procedures to deal with different data privacy regulations, and data stewardship and governance are seen as the most important aspects to boost collaborative research. Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic can be a strong element to improve international research and our future capability of dealing with fast developing emergencies and needs, which are likely to be more frequent in the future in our connected and intertwined world.

Semantic Information Retrieval on Medical Texts

2022 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
Lynda Tamine ◽  
Lorraine Goeuriot
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Semantic Search ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Model ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Search Systems

The explosive growth and widespread accessibility of medical information on the Internet have led to a surge of research activity in a wide range of scientific communities including health informatics and information retrieval (IR). One of the common concerns of this research, across these disciplines, is how to design either clinical decision support systems or medical search engines capable of providing adequate support for both novices (e.g., patients and their next-of-kin) and experts (e.g., physicians, clinicians) tackling complex tasks (e.g., search for diagnosis, search for a treatment). However, despite the significant multi-disciplinary research advances, current medical search systems exhibit low levels of performance. This survey provides an overview of the state of the art in the disciplines of IR and health informatics, and bridging these disciplines shows how semantic search techniques can facilitate medical IR. First,we will give a broad picture of semantic search and medical IR and then highlight the major scientific challenges. Second, focusing on the semantic gap challenge, we will discuss representative state-of-the-art work related to feature-based as well as semantic-based representation and matching models that support medical search systems. In addition to seminal works, we will present recent works that rely on research advancements in deep learning. Third, we make a thorough cross-model analysis and provide some findings and lessons learned. Finally, we discuss some open issues and possible promising directions for future research trends.

scholarly journals Improving Bridging from Informatics Theory to Practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 748-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Haux ◽  
S. Koch
Keyword(s):  
Health Informatics ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Editorial Policies ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Practical Impact

SummaryBackground: In 1962, Methods of Information in Medicine (MIM) began to publish papers on the methodology and scientific fundamentals of managing data, information, and knowledge in biomedicine and health care. Meeting an increasing demand for research about practical implementation of health information systems, the journal Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) was launched in 2009. Both journals are official journals of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).Objectives: Based on prior analyses, we aimed to describe major topics published in MIM during 2014 and to explore whether theory of MIM influenced practice of ACI. Our objectives were further to describe lessons learned and to discuss possible editorial policies to improve bridging from theory to practice.Methods: We conducted a retrospective, observational study reviewing MIM articles published during 2014 (N=61) and analyzing reference lists of ACI articles from 2014 (N=70). Lessons learned and opinions about MIM editorial policies were developed in consensus by the two authors. These have been influenced by discussions with the journal’s associate editors and editorial board members.Results: The publication topics of MIM in 2014 were broad, covering biomedical and health informatics, medical biometry and epidemiology. Important topics discussed were biosignal interpretation, boosting methodologies, citation analysis, health-enabling and ambient assistive technologies, health record banking, safety, and standards. Nine ACI practice articles from 2014 cited eighteen MIM theory papers from any year. These nine ACI articles covered mainly the areas of clinical documentation and medication-related decision support. The methodological basis they cited from was almost exclusively related to evaluation. We could show some direct links where theory impacted practice. These links are however few in relation to the total amount of papers published.Conclusions: Editorial policies such as publishing systematic methodological reviews and clarification of possible practical impact of theory-focused articles may improve bridging.

scholarly journals Training in Health Informatics in Brazil

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 185-191
Author(s):  
H.F. Marin ◽  
E. Massad ◽  
L. Ohno-Machado ◽  
E.P. Marques
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Educational Models ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Technological Barriers ◽  
Limited Supply ◽  
Severe Shortage

Abstract:Technology is transforming not only the practice of healthcare but also professional training and educational models. Developing countries, such as Brazil, are increasingly suffering from a severe shortage of health informatics specialists. Training of professionals in this field is expensive, and there is a limited supply of high-quality teaching resources available. We envision that training in health informatics can be better achieved if cultural and technological barriers are anticipated and the training program is prepared accordingly. We describe our four-year experience of a Brazil/USA training program and discuss lessons learned during its implementation. Eleven onsite courses, one seminar, and two conferences were developed under this unique initiative, which made possible the collaboration among different countries and distinguished leaders in the field of medical informatics. We also described a few identified initiatives to implement health informatics in the curriculum.

scholarly journals Health Informatics Education and Capacity Building in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 158-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Betts ◽  
G. Wright ◽  
N. V. Tshayingca-Mashiya ◽  
P. J. Murray
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Educational Staff ◽  
The University

Summary Objectives To describe the experience of, and lessons learned from, a collaborative project developing and delivering an MSc in Health Informatics in South Africa. Methods The description and discussion is based on the experiences of the staff delivering the course, and formal and informal evaluations, the former conducted as part of the University of Winchester’s quality assurance processes. Results Some of the lessons learned from adapting the course to meet local needs are described and discussed. Conclusions Simply attempting to transpose a successful course from one country and culture to another is not a guarantee of success. Educational staff delivering such courses need to take account of local context and culture, be flexible and prepared to adapt to students’ needs and circumstances, which may be beyond anyone’s control. However, by meeting real identified needs, success can contribute to sustaining capacity building and the development of the local health informatics workforce.

Training Health Professionals in Bioinformatics

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (03) ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. López-Campos ◽  
V. López-Alonso ◽  
F. Martin-Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Health Domains ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Potential Methods

Summary Background: Genomic technologies and particularly bioinformatics have significantly changed biomedical research along the last decade and are being recognized as potential methods for application also in medical practice and public health. There exists a growing need for different collectives of the healthcare sector to receive training in the methods, tools and databases related with these new areas. Objectives: This paper describes the teaching experience of our department during the last ten years and analyzes past activities designed for teaching bioinformatics to different groups of health professionals. We aim to illustrate the main lessons learned and offer useful clues to other groups interested in setting up training initiatives in bioinformatics for health professionals. Methods: The group selected several methodologies for the training activities (“face-to-face”, online/e-learning) on the basis of three criteria: 1) the target collective, 2) the contents of the course, and 3) its length. Courses were evaluated and the results are hereby presented and discussed. Results: National and international training courses on bioinformatics, biomedical informatics and genomics were developed according to specific requirements defined by the profile of each of the targeted health professional group. These activities provided the students with the necessary skills for better understanding the use of bioinformatics tools and databases and the appropriate way of applying them into specific health domains. Conclusions: The increasing demand of training courses in new technologies related to genomics and bioinformatics by health professionals provides a good opportunity for the development of tailored courses based on their specific needs, expectations and demands geared to bridge the gap between research and practice and facilitating their everyday work.

scholarly journals On Teaching International Courses on Health Information Systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (S 01) ◽  
pp. e39-e48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elske Ammenwerth ◽  
Petra Knaup ◽  
Alfred Winter ◽  
Axel Bauer ◽  
Oliver Bott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
International Student ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Joint Activities

SummaryBackground: Health information systems (HIS) are one of the most important areas for biomedical and health informatics. In order to professionally deal with HIS well-educated informaticians are needed. Because of these reasons, in 2001 an international course has been established: The Frank - van Swieten Lectures on Strategic Information Management of Health Information Systems.Objectives: Reporting about the Frank - van Swieten Lectures and about our students’ feedback on this course during the last 16 years. Summarizing our lessons learned and making recommendations for such international courses on HIS.Methods: The basic concept of the Frank -van Swieten lectures is to teach the theoretical background in local lectures, to organize practical exercises on modelling sub-information systems of the respective local HIS and finally to conduct Joint Three Days as an international meeting were the resulting models are introduced and compared.Results: During the last 16 years, the Universities of Amsterdam, Braunschweig, Heidelberg/Heilbronn, Leipzig as well as UMIT were involved in running this course. Overall, 517 students from these universities participated. Our students’ feedback was clearly positive. The Joint Three Days of the Frank - van Swieten Lectures, where at the end of the course all students can meet, turned out to be an important component of this course. Based on the last 16 years, we recommend common teaching materials, agreement on equivalent clinical areas for the exercises, support of group building of international student groups, motivation of using a collaboration platform, ensuring quality management of the course, addressing different levels of knowledge of the students, and ensuring sufficient funding for joint activities.Conclusions: Although associated with considerable additional efforts, we can clearly recommend establishing such international courses on HIS, such as the Frank -van Swieten Lectures.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned in Designing and Implementing a Computer-Adaptive Test for English

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Burston ◽  
Maro Neophytou
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Graduation Requirements ◽  
Computer Adaptive Test ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Adaptive Test ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
University Settings ◽  
Incoming Students

<span>This paper describes the lessons learned in designing and implementing a computer-adaptive test (CAT) for English. The early identification of students with weak L2 English proficiency is of critical importance in university settings that have compulsory English language course graduation requirements. The most efficient means of diagnosing the L2 English ability of incoming students is by means of a computer-based test since such evaluation can be administered quickly, automatically corrected, and the outcome known as soon as the test is completed. While the option of using a commercial CAT is available to institutions with the ability to pay substantial annual fees, or the means of passing these expenses on to their students, language instructors without these resources can only avail themselves of the advantages of CAT evaluation by creating their own tests.  As is demonstrated by the E-CAT project described in this paper, this is a viable alternative even for those lacking any computer programing expertise.  However, language teaching experience and testing expertise are critical to such an undertaking, which requires considerable effort and, above all, collaborative teamwork to succeed. A number of practical skills are also required. Firstly, the operation of a CAT authoring programme must be learned. Once this is done, test makers must master the art of creating a question database and assigning difficulty levels to test items. Lastly, if multimedia resources are to be exploited in a CAT, test creators need to be able to locate suitable copyright-free resources and re-edit them as needed.</span>

scholarly journals The Danish Microbiology Database (MiBa) 2010 to 2013

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Voldstedlund ◽  
M Haarh ◽  
K Mølbak ◽  
the MiBa Board of Representatives
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Clinical Microbiology ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
National Database ◽  
Collaborative Process

The Danish Microbiology Database (MiBa) is a national database that receives copies of reports from all Danish departments of clinical microbiology. The database was launched in order to provide healthcare personnel with nationwide access to microbiology reports and to enable real-time surveillance of communicable diseases and microorganisms. The establishment and management of MiBa has been a collaborative process among stakeholders, and the present paper summarises lessons learned from this nationwide endeavour which may be relevant to similar projects in the rapidly changing landscape of health informatics.

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