Computer Applications in Medicine Elective

1998 April

Sessions

T Apr 14

Introduction to the elective.  Article 1. Word processing.  Article summary.

W Apr 15

Internet. FTP. Telnet.  Password. E-mail. Discussion lists.  List. Newsgroups.  Newsgroup.

T Apr 16

Conferencing software (WebCT Bulletin Board). Using Peruse, including Medline and Current Contents.  Medline.

F Apr 17

Discussion of readings.  Chapter 1.

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M Apr 20

World Wide Web: browsing and searching.  Web search.  Article 2.

T Apr 21

HTML. Putting Web pages on Mystic.  Web pages.

W Apr 22

Discussion of readings.  Chapter 2.

T Apr 23

Computer hardware, binary arithmetic.  Binary.

F Apr 24

Computer software.  Quiz.

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M Apr 27

Discussion of readings.

T Apr 28

Graphics concepts. Encoding text and graphics.

W Apr 29

Database concepts. How to choose a computer.

T Apr 30

Presentations of class home pages.