Course Timetable (for Course starting Monday 6 January 2025)
Curriculum and Dates
The following table outlines the curriculum with date unit is posted, unit number, and topic. Units, including the self-assessment quiz, must be completed within two weeks after the materials are posted. We are lenient about occasionally giving extensions but participants are strongly encouraged not to fall behind, since it can be difficult to catch up.
Week starting |
Unit |
Topic |
Duration(in hrs) |
6 January, 2025 |
1 |
Overview of Fields and Motivating Problems |
3 |
13 January, 2025 |
2 |
Computing Concepts for Biomedical Informatics |
3 |
20 January, 2025 |
3 |
Electronic and Personal Health Records (EHR, PHR) |
3 |
27 January, 2025 |
Free time to work on assignments (quizzes) |
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3 February, 2025 |
4 |
Standards and Interoperability |
3 |
8 February 2025(Sat, 9 am-1.00 pm) |
Tutorial 1 (conducted by KC Lun) with Live Zoom Meeting with Bill Hersh in Portland, OR |
4 |
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10 February, 2025 |
5 |
Artificial Intelligence |
3 |
17 February, 2025 |
6 |
Advanced Use of the EHR |
3 |
24 February, 2025 |
Free time to work on assignments (quizzes) |
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3 March, 2025 |
7 |
EHR Implementation, Security, and Evaluation |
3 |
10 March, 2025 |
8 |
Information Retrieval (Search) |
3 |
17 March, 2025 |
Free time to work on assignments & Course Project |
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29 March, 2025 (Sat, 9 am-1.00pm) |
Tutorial 2 (conducted by KC Lun & invited tutors) |
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7 April, 2025 |
9 |
Research Informatics |
3 |
14 April, 2025 |
10 |
Other Areas of Informatics |
3 |
21 April, 2025 |
Free Time to complete Course Project |
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1 May 2025(Thu 9 am – 1 pm) |
Revision Class for Final Examination (conducted by Bill Hersh) |
4 |
|
2 May 2025(Fri, 9 am – 1 pm) |
Course Project Presentation by students (conducted by Bill Hersh & KC Lun) |
4 |
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5 May 2025(Mon 9 am – 12 pm) |
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Final Examination (written & open-book) |
3 |
This is a distance-learning Course. You don’t have to be “physically present in class” except for the classroom-based Tutorials and the Final Examination
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