Students will have an opportunity to learn about structured vocabularies, relational databases, clinical information systems, and internet protocols. Issues related to patient confidentiality, medical record security, and research use of medical records will also be covered. Although not required, prior experience with programming or relational databases is recommended. Part Time Students should contact Dr. Cimino to arrange elective. There are currently three CAI projects underway that students could get involved in.
Computers provide a way of displaying a large variety of images.
At the same time, networks provide a way of providing those images at many locations. The World Wide Web and Hypertext Mark Up Language have become important tools for presenting educational material over the Internet. Students getting involved in this project would learn about creating CD-ROMs, photo retouching, optical character recognition, and hypertext authoring. No previous programming experience is necessary. Currently under development is a database of medical images.