This HIBBS presentation is an introduction to the domain of medical informatics.  It explains that  medical informatics is an applied field of study that is continuously evolving.  The presentation takes the audience through the various iterations of what medical informatics means from its inception till today.  A definition of medical informatics is given, followed by a description of the... more

This HIBB presentation is an introduction to electronic medical records. It deals with what electronic medical records are, the disadvantages of paper-based records, examples of electronic medical record systems and how to assess the benefit of a computer-based record system. more

This HIBB presentation is an introduction to electronic medical records. It deals with what electronic medical records are, the disadvantages of paper-based records, examples of electronic medical record systems and how to assess the benefit of a computer-based record system. more

This HIBB presentation provides background information on bases, amino acids, proteins, nucleotides and DNA. The presentation then explains what bioinformatics is, lists some examples, and demonstrates some tools. It demonstrates tools which compare parts of human and chimp genes, and illustrate drug resistance analysis and HIV subtype analysis.  It then discusses some ethical and clinical... more