Computer Applications in Medicine Elective

1997 April-May

Sessions

M Apr 7

Introduction to the elective. Assignment.

T Apr 8

Word processing. FTP. Assignment.

W Apr 9

Telnet. E-mail: Pine; discussion lists. Assignment.

T Apr 10

Discussion of readings. Assignment.

M Apr 14

Using Peruse, including Medline and Current Contents. Assignment.

T Apr 15

World Wide Web: browsing and searching. Assignment.

W Apr 16a

HTML 1. Assignment. Assignment.

F Apr 16b

HTML 2 (links, images, putting Web pages on Mystic. Assignment. Assignment.

M Apr 21

Discussion of readings.

T Apr 22

Computer hardware, binary arithmetic. Assignment.

W Apr 23

Computer software.

T Apr 24

Discussion of readings.

M Apr 28

Graphics concepts. Encoding text and graphics.

T Apr 29

How to choose a computer.

W Apr 30

Database concepts.

T May 1

Presentations of class home pages.

F May 2