PIDP 8010 - Biomedical Info Mgt Elective

This elective is designed to provide the student with basic competencies in biomedical information management. The student is primarily taught the basics of searching the biomedical literature via PubMed. Searching ClinicalKey, MICROMEDEX, ScienceDirect, Scopus, OVID, Embase, Web of Science, and other biomedical literature databases are addressed as needed. The student is assigned take-home practice exercises to strengthen their literature searching skills. At the end of the rotation, the student is given a brief practical examination on his/her abilities to search these tools. (2 weeks) Limit 6 Students **Virtual**

Credit Hours: 2
Comments: Course can be used as MPH elective