Medical Computer Application Basics - 3rd Edition

Author: Zou Saide, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-12-07
Features: "Fundamentals of Medical Computer Applications" (Third Edition) was compiled based on the discussion spirit of the sixth round of the five-year clinical medical professional planning textbook editor meeting held in Beijing in December 2002, and the spirit of the Medical Computer Applications Editorial Committee meeting held in Guangzhou in April 2003. To further highlight the knowledge content of computer networks and network application capabilities, this book adopts Windows 2000 as the operating system platform. It also increases the to introduce network knowledge based on Windows 2000 and the application methods of network medical information resources based on the Internet. The cultural foundation's editing tools still introduce Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Office 2000 (because they are so classic and practical), but significantly reduce basic operations, emphasizing more practical, more challenging, and computer level examination-oriented content; it particularly enriches the content of document and web communication, making it easier for browsers to use documents. Network application tools primarily use Internet Explorer 6.0 and Outlook Express 6.0, and additional very practical sections such as software downloads online, search engines, and FTP tools are added to strengthen students' network concepts and online operation skills. This book takes the development and perfection of the concept of data processing in Excel 2000 spreadsheets as the foundation for database teaching; as an extension of the tool, Access 2000 is selected to teach databases. Equipping medical students with simple programming skills is the second purpose of this book. Object-oriented programming is the mainstream of today's programming, and we have chosen Visual Basic 6.0 as the language for teaching object-oriented programming, divided into two chapters: "Fundamentals of VB Programming" and "Advanced VB Programming." The "Fundamentals" introduces both the concepts and methods of procedural programming and the concepts and interfaces of object-oriented programming. The "Advanced" enables students to develop basic window-style software programming skills and specifically introduces object-oriented programming for databases. To broaden the horizons of medical students, this book retains the chapter "Introduction to Hospital Information Systems." The viewpoints and materials of the new edition are selected from the latest domestic monographs and journals in 2003-2004. This book concludes by introducing the basic knowledge of HIS and the "Design and Analysis of the Outpatient and Emergency Management System" as an example. For the teaching arrangement of medical undergraduate courses, this book can be divided into three parts: Chapters 1 to 2 (Computer Principles, Windows Operating System) primarily answer the questions of "What is a computer and how to use a computer?" This part is recommended to be arranged for 20 teaching hours (including laboratory classes). Chapters 3 to 6 (Chinese Word 2000, Chinese Excel 2000, Chinese PowerPoint 2000, and Internet Basics and Applications) are common office automation tools and Internet knowledge and basic operations, which, together with the second part, form the teaching content of computer culture foundation and include the first-level requirements of the National Non-Computer Major Computer Proficiency Examination, recommended to be arranged for 48 teaching hours. Chapters 7 to 10 are the teaching content of databases, VB programming, and hospital information systems; among them, Chapter 7 (Access 2000 Database) and Chapters 8 and 9 (VB Programming) both include the second-level requirements of the National Non-Computer Major Computer Proficiency Examination for "Database or Programming," recommended to be arranged for 36 teaching hours each. If used as part of a computer series elective course, these chapters can all be independent and offered as 20 teaching hours of theoretical courses. To improve the overall level of computer teaching in medical colleges, the editorial committee accepted many suggestions from teachers and also compiled the book "Experimental Guidance for Fundamentals of Medical Computer Applications." In addition to teaching supporting experiments, exercises and especially practical and exciting content are also compiled for each chapter.