Informatics refers to the cycle of disciplines of a natural science character (basic part). Necessary for its study are computer science knowledge in the scope of the standard of general education.

In addition to its independent significance, the course is a preceding discipline for many general professional disciplines that use computer technology and mathematical modeling to solve professional problems.

Requirements for the “input” knowledge, skills and readiness of a student, necessary for mastering computer science and acquired as a result of mastering previous disciplines: learning the content of computer science is essential for knowledge of many special disciplines. Since new computer technologies are increasingly being introduced into the practice of a modern doctor, and work with medical equipment is mainly implemented through its program interface, then a health professional, in order to understand the technical documentation, needs to know the principles of computer operation, the organization of software, and to understand the arrangement of computer itself and how it works.

The introduction of electronic document management in medical institutions implies that each employee of the institution must know how to deal with a computer at the user level. To do this, the student must master the basics of working with the operating system - the OS (for example, Windows), understand and be able to work with application software (in particular, MS Office). In addition, the doctor’s work is closely related to the processing of patient data that must be entered into the computer, that’s why the doctor must have the skills to process arrays of data and information and be able to present them in a visual form (tables, graphs, histograms, etc.). The doctor should be able to fill out the information received in the form of a report demonstrated with its computer presentation.
A modern doctor should be guided by the principles of evidence-based medicine, thus, to get the necessary and latest information from reliable sources, he/she must be able to use the Internet.
 

For students majoring in General Medicine

Total labor input: 2 credits (72 hours)
Classroom sessions: 36 hours
Students’ independent work: 36 hours
Semester: 2
Final control: test