Contents:

Syllabus of lectures:
1. Introduction; searching for information
2. Bibliographic sources, search for publications
3. Czech and foreign statistical information sources
4. Information sources of IHIS
5. National Health Information System and Health Registers
6. Information resources on medical devices

Seminar contents:

Syllabus of exercises:
1. The basics of information searching
2. Search in Pubmed
3. Search through the EIZ gateway
4. Search in other information sources
5. Czech health registers
6. Statistical database - Eurostat , OECD, WHO
7. Information sources of IHIS
8. Public procurement databases
9. Health registers
10. Resources on Medical Devices

Recommended literature:

[1]. ROBINSON, Lyn. Understanding healthcare information. London: Facet, 2010. ISBN 1856046621.
[2]. WAGER, Karen A., Frances Wickham LEE a John P. GLASER. Health care information systems: a practical approach for health care management. Fourth edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer/Wiley, 2017. ISBN 978-1-119-33718-8.
[3]. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. HEALTH STATISTICS AND DATA SOURCES. [online]. 2017. Available from: https://hsl.lib.umn.edu/biomed/help/health-statistics-and-data-sources

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar