Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

BME 435 — Biomedical Informatics

2 units · BME department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

apply knowledge and awareness of the basic principles and concepts of biology, computer science, and mathematics
design, deploy and use the various electronic health information systems
simulate biomedical systems experimentation and design with the aid of computer systems
explore the massive biological data available and their manipulation with the computer systems
utilise existing software effectively to extract information from large databases and to use this information in computer modeling;
develop problem-solving skills, including the ability to develop new algorithms and analysis methods.

Course contents

Introduction to biomedical informatics; components of biomedical informatics. Bioinformatics: What is bioinformatics; components of bioinformatics; biological data; information complexity; bioinformatics applications? Medical informatics: Management Information Systems in biology and medicine-data acquisition, data storage and retrieval, data processing; components of Health Information Systems; types of Health Information Systems. Computer networking in the hospitals: the concept of computer networking, telemetry; e-Health. Software development in biology and medicine. Computer applications in medical diagnosis and therapy. Computer-aided simulation and experimentation.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study BME 435.

BME 435 — Biomedical Informatics

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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