In-Country Short Course 2000

Program for the Information for the New Millennium: An Introduction to Health Informatics

Lima-Peru
June 19 – June 30 2000

WEEK ONE

Monday, June 19, 2000

8:00 AM Closing the Digital Divide

Bryant Karras, MD
University of Washington International Research & Training Program In Health Informatics

9:00 AM Overview of the Course

Virginia Gonzales, Ed.D
University of Washington International Research & Training Program In Health Informatics

9:30 AM Pre-test

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM Role of Informatics in Health Research & The Role of New Informatics Technology in Public Health Research: Handheld and Web Accessible Health
Management Guidelines

Bryant Karras, MD
University of Washington

12:00 PM Lunch break

12:30 PM Continue

1:30 PM Evaluation

7—9 p.m. Welcoming Ceremony

Agustin Iza, University of San Marcos
Alejandro Llanos, University Cayetano Heredia
Ann Marie Kimball, University of Washington
Maire-Andree Diouf, PAHO

Tuesday, June 20, 2000

SAS
Database Development

Dick Hoskins, PhD, MPH
Washington State Department of Health

Wednesday, June 21, 2000

Introduction to Geographical Information Systems

Dick Hoskins, Ph.D., MPH
Washington State Department of Health

Thursday, June 22, 2000

Geographical Information Systems

Dick Hoskins, Ph.D., MPH
Washington State Department of Health

Friday, June 23, 2000

Web Page Design

Nedra Floyd Pautler, MA, MS
University of Washington

Saturday, June 24, 2000

Web Page Design

Nedra Floyd Pautler, MA, MS
University of Washington

WEEK TWO

Monday, June 26, 2000

Navigating the Web: Using Search Tools and Evaluating Resources: Techniques for how to search and find health-related resources on the Web

Leilani St. Anna, MLIS
University of Washington

PubMed Search Techniques: Searching MEDLINE using PubMed, Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) interface available free on the Internet

Leilani St. Anna, MLIS
University of Washington

Tuesday, June 27, 2000

Health Informatics: An Overview Biomedical & Health Informatics

David L. Masuda, MD, MS
University of Washington

Elements of Clinical Informatics

David L. Masuda, MD, MS
University of Washington

Wednesday, June 28, 2000

Telehealth and Telemedicine: Elements of Telehealth and a Case Study

David L. Masuda, MD, MS
University of Washington

Thursday, June 29, 2000

Evidence-based Medicine:
Session 1: Where is the Data? Integrating Electronic Evidence-based
Session 2: Using Electronic Evidence-based Medicine Resources

Fredric Wolf, Ph.D.
University of Washington

Medicine into Education & Practice

Fredric Wolf, Ph.D.
University of Washington

Friday, June 30, 2000

Evidence-based Medicine

Fredric Wolf, Ph.D.
University of Washington

Course Evaluation

Virginia Gonzales, MSW, MPH, Ed.D.
University of Washington

1. Post Test (30 minutes)
2. Day's Session Evaluation
3. Overall Course Evaluation

Closing Ceremony and Handout Certificates of Participation

Our Partners:
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Fogarty International Center