Introduces students to becoming health informatics professionals and the need to stay current on key topics, how to find evidence to solve informatics problems that cross the disciplinary boundaries of health, computing, and human factors, and contribute publishable papers to the body of informatics scholarship. Students will gain the necessary foundation and skills to engage in these research endeavors.
Topics:
- available biomedical sources and how to search them efficiently and effectively
- techniques for evaluating what you find from these sources
- what tools to use for storing and managing this information
- issues in the research field including how open access impacts your work as a scholar and consumer of research
- tools for establishing yourself as a professional and staying current in your field
Only offered to students in the School of Medicine. Instructor permission required.