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- Gestión sanitaria
- Sanidad y salud
BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Course Dates: 24 to 28 June 2024
Course Venue: School of Computer Engineering (Building 1, Classroom H-1003) & School of Telecommunications Engineering (Building A, Classroom A127.1)
Contact Hours: 20
Course Directors: Miguel García Remesal & María Jesús Ledesma
PART I: An Introductory Course to Biomedical Informatics and Biomedical Information Retrieval
An often-cited definition of the Biomedical Informatics discipline proposed by Shortliffe (one of the fathers of this field) is a rapidly developing scientific field that deals with the storage, retrieval, and optimal use of biomedical information, data, and knowledge for problem solving and decision making. It accordingly touches on all basic and applied fields in biomedical science and is closely tied to modern information technologies, notably in the areas of computing and communications. Many areas have been established, including topics such as decision support systems, electronic health records, hospital information systems, data and text mining, information retrieval, bibliographic systems, medical imaging, etc. Over the last 20 years, new areas have been introduced, such as merging medical informatics with bioinformatics, into what is called biomedical informatics. Then, areas such as translational bioinformatics emerged. Fundamental new topics include precision medicine, Web-based applications, the introduction of social networks, biomedical ontologies, semantic interoperability, Big Data research and others.
In this course we will first provide a brief introduction to the BMI field. This introductory course will cover the basic BMI concepts, the historical context of the discipline, the differences between all of its subareas (Medical Informatics, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, etc.), data management in biomedicine, and the use of Artificial Intelligence methods and techniques in biomedical applications. We will then concentrate on an specific topic which has recently been given more focus: Biomedical Informatics Retrieval (BIR). We will learn what is BIR and why is it important in healthcare and industry. We will also revisit the most widely employed models for BIR and students will create and deploy a simple but complete BIR model containing clinical and/or genomic data.
PART II: Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical technology deals with innovation in biomedical technologies, especially trends in the development of new devices or solutions that solve specific unmet needs. This course offers an introduction to the current trends on biomedical technologies and the innovation process to solve unmet clinical needs.
Key course takeaways:
- Learn the basic definitions, key concepts, terminology and historical context of BMI.
- Understand fundamental characteristics of data, information and knowledge in the BMI domain.
- Understand basic principles of knowledge management systems in biomedicine.
- Learn IT aspects of clinical process modeling and health information systems.
- Understand the importance of unmet clinical needs to address impactful problems and develop innovative health technology.
- Learn the main aspects that need to be considered in designing and development of medical devices.
Student profile:
This course is aimed at bachelor-level students with basic knowledge of the Python programming language (although this is not strictly necessary).
Registration deadlines:
- Early bird registration: 29 February 2024 (USE CODE: SUMMEREB24)
- Regular registration: 19 April 2024
La inscripción ha finalizado.