Information Sources & Search Techniques for informatics Professionals

1 Credit.

As a professional in the health informatics field, you will need to be able to stay current on key topics related to your profession, find evidence to solve informatics problems that cross the disciplinary boundaries of health, computing, and human factors, and contribute publishable papers to the body of informatics scholarship. This course will introduce you to the foundation and skills that you will need to engage in these research endeavors. You will learn about the biomedical sources available to you and how to efficiently and effectively search these sources. You will also learn techniques for evaluating what you find from these sources and what tools to use for storing and managing this information. The course will also address issues in the research field including how open access impacts your work as a scholar and consumer of research. Finally, you will gain the tools for establishing yourself as a professional and staying current in your field.