NLM Georgia Biomedical Informatics Course

I recently attended the NLM Georgia Biomedical Informatics Course at the lovely Brasstown Valley Resort in Young Harris, GA. This week-long semiannual course is hosted by the Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library, Georgia Regents University and funded by the National Library of Medicine. If you’ve ever heard library colleagues talk about the Woodshole course, this is the current version of that course. The content changes every session, which is necessary in such a fast moving field.
Attendees were a nice mix of librarians, clinicians, researchers and others involved in medical information technology. Instructors who are in the forefront of their field came from around the country to teach in this prestigious course. I found it to be a great overview of current important topics in informatics, and I learned so much about the breadth of this essential field from both the instructors and the other attendees. We also did some networking and shooting pool at the local watering hole, Brassies.
Read more to see what was covered (and some cool pictures from a field trip we took)

What is biomedical Informatics?
James Cimino answered this question succinctly: the representation of medical concepts in a way that computers can manipulate. This process facilitates taking data to information to knowledge using computational power.
What kinds of data do we have to deal with?
Clinical data are of major concern for research but also to improve patient care. If you’ve been to the doctor a...

Source: The Krafty Librarian - October 28, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Tobin Magle Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs