COMPUTER TOOLS IN MEDICINE
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- CARLO GIANNELLI
- Credits
- 3
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- INF/01
Training objectives
- The main goal of the course consists in enabling the students to use basic computer tools in the medical practice
The main acquired knowledge will be:
- information systems,
- computer architecture,
- databases,
- networks,
- medical applications.
The basic acquired ability (that are the capacity of applying the acquired knowledge) will be the capacity of evaluation the effectiveness and utility of computer tools in medicine. Prerequisites
- None.
Course programme
- Information Technology: knowledge of «informatics» and data, Von Neumann machine, algorithm and program, Turing machine, measurement units in IT. Code and representation, conversion between numeral systems, knowledge of analogical and digital signal, ASCII code.
Computer hardware: knowledge of the various components and their functions, also related to the Von Neumann function. How to elaborate an image.
Knowledge of Operating System and generic software, service functions of an OS. Knowledge of program, context, process, status of a process.
Database: what's a meta-data and what are the related logical structures. Insight of the usage of relational databases.
Distributed systems and networking: network classification, architecture and protocols. The 5 levels of the internet.
Introduction to word processing, spreadsheet and online collaborative tools, also based on hands-on activities. Didactic methods
- The course provides 75 teaching hours divided into 24 hours of lectures and 51 hours of online assisted teaching.
The hours of on-line teaching of Moodle platform certification service consisting in the deepening of some topics covered in class and indicated by the teacher at the beginning of the course. Learning assessment procedures
- Written test composed of multiple-choice questions each one with five possible answers, only one correct. Each correct answer is worth 1 point. The student scores a maximum of 33 points (30 cum Laude with more than 31 points) with all the correct answers. Each wrong answer or missing answer gives zero points.
Duration: one hour.
European Computer Driving Licence - ECDL.
Contact the teachers to verify the applicability of the ECDL certificate for the eventual recognition of study credits. Reference texts
- L. Mari, G Buonanno, D Sciuto e V Ambriola: Informatica e cultura dell’informazione 2/ED. McGraw-Hill 2013
