Course: Basics of Information Technology

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Course title Basics of Information Technology
Course code KKO/P2ZIT
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pleskot Ondřej, Mgr.
  • Hýblová Petra, Ing.
Course content
Principles of data processing. Integration and repetition of basic user skills. Work with the operating system. Work using a text editor: practice. Work using a spreadsheet: practice. Fundamentals of biomedical statistics, table and graph creation basics. Creating presentations. Searching the Internet, using electronic libraries and databases, Medline: practice. Using anti-virus software, practical safety applications, e-mail. The use of health systems I.: practice.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim is to consolidate, revise, and develop computer skills in a wide range of possibilities for computer use in health care practice.

Prerequisites
Students will be able to use, within the basic range, the Windows operating system, the office software MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and they understand health information systems from the user's point of view.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Student performance assessment

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the practicum sessions. Successful completion of a written test.
Recommended literature
  • Studijní materiály v IS Stag..
  • Uživatelské příručky produktů MS Office..
  • Slánská, Stanislava. Základy informační technologie. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7194-982-4.


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