Section outline

  • Lecture: Introduction (or the Uneven Future of Evidence-Based Medicine)

    What is informatics, data vs. information vs. knowledge, examples of how technology (big data, AI/machine learning, mobile technology, social media) is enabling new approaches to asking and answering clinical research questions.

    Faculty:  Ida Sim

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture 1: Introduction File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • Bellinger G, et al. Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom. URL
    • The Challenge of Complexity in Health Care File
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    • Two Ways of Knowing File

    • Optional Reading:

    • Uneven Future of Evidence Based Medicine (YouTube video) URL

      3rd Annual Cochrane Lecture, presented as the plenary presentation at the 2015 Cochrane Colloquium Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria. 

    • Resources:

    • Basic Concepts in Medical Informatics File
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