THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 

WEEK OF	ASSIGNMENT DUE IN THIS WEEK (OR ONLINE EXAM)	TOPIC / Learning Objective (LE)* Readings will be announced every week.
May 22^nd		About the course and about Electronic Medical Record Systems
May 22^nd	HWK 1 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Understanding the overall content of the class; Understanding what an EMR is.
May 29^th		An introduction to SNOMED, CliniClue
May 29^th	HWK 2 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Knowing the history, uses, structure of SNOMED; Knowing how to access SNOMED with CliniClue
June 5^th		SNOMED and Description Logic, a VERY basic introduction
June 5^th	HWK 3 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Understanding the roots of medical terminologies in Artificial Intelligence; understanding the ideas of knowledge representation and reasoning; having a basic knowledge of Description Logics
June 12^th	PROJECT 1 DUE by Thursday 10PM	An introduction to the UMLS Metathesaurus
June 12^th	AND HWK 4 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Knowing the history, uses, structure of UMLS; Knowing how to access UMLS with UTS Browsers and NAT Browser
June 19^th		An introduction to the UMLS Semantic Network
June 19^th	HWK 5 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Knowing the uses, structure of UMLS Semantic Network
June 26^th	MIDTERM on June 28th (tentative)	Some facts and speculations about Practice Fusion
June 26^th	AND HWK 6 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Having a good knowledge of the Practice Fusion system, including hands on experience.
July 3^rd		Introduction to Terminology Auditing
July 3^rd	HWK 7 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Understanding the basic ideas and methods of terminology auditing; having a good knowledge of the major approaches to auditing.
July 10^th		Main Lecture on Electronic Medical Records
July 10^th	HWK 8 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Knowing the history, goals, uses, components and challenges of Electronic Medical Records;
July 17^th		Requirements for EMRs according to the National Academy
July 17^th	HWK 9 DUE by Sunday 8PM PROJECT 2 DUE by Thursday 10PM.	LE: Understanding the evolutionary and “revolutionary” changes of EMR systems. Understanding recommendations for different stakeholders on how to achieve these improvements.
July 24^th		Meaningful Use
July 24^th	AND HWK 10 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Understanding the computational, financial and legal aspects of Meaningful Use as defined by the US government. Knowing the time line of Meaningful Use.
July 31^st		HIPAA
July 31^st	HWK 11 DUE by Sunday 8PM	LE: Understanding the history, privacy, security and legal aspects that govern the protection of Electronic Medical Records. Knowing the correct terms how HIPAA elements and stakeholders are described.
Sunday August 5th 12-2	FINAL EXAM
	(Grades are due on August 8^th)

 
 
* In general, the learning objective of every lecture is to understand all parts of the lecture. As the material in each lecture builds up, it will be necessary to know the earlier material in order to understand the later material in each lecture. While learning objectives are specified in the table above for every week, these are the MAIN objectives. Providing more detailed learning objectives would require including most of each lecture in the boxes, which is obviously impossible.