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Computers and Medicine
ME 505M.3

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Description

Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods.

Prior approval from course director is required, please email to Dr.Chueh hcchueh@partners.org

Students will be involved in the development or implementation of a project involving the application of computers to patient care in one of the following areas: Web-based Knowledge Access; Computer-Based Medical Record System for Inpatient and Outpatient Practice; Application of Computers to Clinical Education; Web-based Computer-Based Physician Consultation and Guidance Systems, Information Technology for Clinical Research, Large Scale Clinical Data Repositories, Clinical Bioinformatics. The student will usually work closely with one or more of the Physician Fellows at the Laboratory who are part of the NLM sponsored Medical Informatics Training Program.  The course will make students aware of the potentials and problems of computer applications and familiarize them with the literature and other activities of the laboratory in their area of interest. Students will have a brief but intensive exposure to a particular computer application in medicine and the opportunity to develop and implement a particular project of mutual interest.

School Harvard Medical School
Credits 4
Cross Reg

Not Available for Cross Registration

Course Component Advanced Elective
Instruction Mode In Person
Subject Medicine
Grading Basis HMS Clinical Grading
Course Requirements Open only to HMS MD students
Curriculum Phase Post-PCE
Visiting Clerks Open to Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Visiting St
Open to Domestic Visiting Students
Open to International Visiting Students
Course Type Advanced Clinical Electives