In-Country Short Course 2001

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

May 21—June 01, 2001

WEEK ONE

Monday, May 21

8:30 a.m. International Training in Health Informatics, Applications in Latin America

Ann Marie Kimball, M.D., MPH
University of Washington Fogarty International Research & Training In Health Informatics

9:30 a.m. Overview of the Course

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

10 a.m. Pre-test

10:45 a.m. Session 1: Introduction to databases and database design

Patrick O'Carroll, M.D., MPH
University of Washington

11:15 a.m. Exercise: Building a Relational Database

12:15 a.m. Session 2: Introduction to Epi Info

Patrick O'Carroll, M.D., MPH
University of Washington

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Session 3: Exploration and analysis of a real-world dataset

Richard Hoskins, PhD and Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH
University of Washington

3 p.m. Session 4: Using Epi Info to connect to a remote database

Patrick O'Carroll, M.D., MPH
University of Washington

3:30 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

Virginia Gonzales, MSW, MPH, Ed.D.

7—9 p.m. Opening Ceremony

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

Tuesday, May 22

8:30 a.m. Session 5: Displaying Epi Info findings

Patrick O'Carroll, M.D., MPH
University of Washington

9:15 a.m. Session 6: Beyond Epi Info . . . other relational databases pros and cons

Bryant Karras , M.D.

10:15 a.m. Session 7: Using Statistics and Geography for Effective Public Health Assessment and Surveillance

Richard Hoskins , Ph.D.

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Contination

Richard Hoskins , Ph.D.

3 p.m. Contination

Richard Hoskins , Ph.D., MPH

3:30 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

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

Wednesday, May 23
8:30 a.m. Session 8: Using Statistics and Geography for Effective Public Health Assessment and Surveillance: Collecting your data using geographic positioning

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

3:30 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

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

Thursday, May 24
8:30 a.m. Session 9: Using Statistics and Geography for Effective Public Health Assessment and Surveillance (Part 2)

Richard E. Hoskins, Ph.D., MPH
Washington State Department of Health

10:15 a.m. Peruvian Experiences with GIS

Elisa Villarreal Solano, Geographic Engineer
Office of Epidemiology, Peru Ministry of Health

11 a.m. Continuation

Richard E. Hoskins, Ph.D., MPH
Washington State Department of Health

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Continuation

Richard E. Hoskins, Ph.D., MPH
Washington State Department of Health

3:00 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

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

Friday, May 25
8:30 a.m. Session 10: Innovations in Portable Computers

Bryant Karras , M.D.
University of Washington

10:15 a.m. Session 11: Security, Privacy, and Confidetiality in Health Informatics

Bill Lober , M.D.
University of Washington

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Continuation

Bill Lober , M.D.
University of Washington

3:00 p.m. Continuation

Bill Lober , M.D.
University of Washington

3:30 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

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

Forum: 6:00 — 8:30 p.m. Innovations in International Health Informatics

Ann Marie Kimball, M.D., MPH
University of Washington
Fogarty International Research & Training In Health Informatics

Security and Confidentiality in Health Informatics

Bill Lober, M.D.
University of Washington

Innovations in Portable Computers

Bryant Karras, M.D.
University of Washington

Testing for Usability: A New Standard

Keith Butler, Ph.D.
The Boeing Company

Saturday, May 26
8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m. Session 12: Evidence-based Medicine: Where is the Data? Integrating Electronic Evidence-—based Medicine into Education and Practice

Bryant Karras, M.D.
University of Washington

10:15 a.m. Continuation

12 p.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. Continuation

3:30 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

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

WEEK TWO

Monday, May 28

8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m. Session 14: Evidence-based Medicine: Critically Appraising Evidence

Bryant Karras, M.D.
University of Washington

3:30 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

Virginia Gonzales, MSW, MPH, Ed.D.

University of Washington

Tuesday, May 29

8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m. Session 15: Navigating the Web: Using Search Tools and Evaluating Resources

Leilani St. Anna, MLIS
University of Washington

Session 16: PubMed Search Techniques: Searching MEDLINE using PubMed, produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine interface available free on the Internet

Leilani St. Anna, MLIS
University of Washington

3:30 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

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

Wednesday, May 30

8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m. Session 17: Telehealth and Telemedicine

David L. Masuda, MD, MS
University of Washington

3:30 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

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

Thursday, May 31

8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m. Session 18: Web Publishing Concepts and Design

Nedra Floyd Pautler, MA, MS
University of Washington

Session 19: Web Publishing Introduction to Dreamweaver 4.0

Nedra Floyd Pautler, MA, MS
University of Washington

3:30 p.m. Hand out course evaluation

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

Friday, June 30

8:30 a.m.— 2:00 p.m. Session 20: Web Publishing Introduction to Dreamweaver 4.0

Nedra Floyd Pautler, MA, MS
University of Washington

2:00—3:00 p.m. Hand out course evaluation and Post Test

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

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

3:30 p.m. — 4:30 p.m. Closing Ceremony and Handout Certificates of Participation

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