CSCI 5312/4312: Health Informatics. Syllabus

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1 CSCI 5312/4312: Health Informatics CSCI 5312/4312 Health Informatics Instructor: Katie A. Siek Computer Science ECST 322C (303) Office Map: or Office Hours: 10am-11am Mondays & Thursdays (or by appointment) COURSE INFORMATION Meeting Times: Lectures: M,W,F 3:00pm-3:50pm; All classes meet in room ECCS 1B12 Website: Online Lectures/CAETE Site: Textbook: Links to readings will be available on the website or distributed via . In lieu of a textbook (freely available online or otherwise provided by the instructor), students will be expected to contribute up to $60 towards their semester projects. Course Description Health Informatics teaches students essential skills necessary for developing usable assistive and performance support systems, which include consideration of the academic and professional interdisciplinary issues that govern the work. An overview of ongoing and emerging topics in health informatics will be presented. Objectives: 1. The skills and practices necessary to collaborate with medical researchers. 2. The ability to design and evaluate health related assistive and performance support applications. 3. Practical research oriented skills for intra-, inter-, and transdisciplinary research. 4. The knowledge of ongoing and emerging research topics in medical informatics. Grading The course grade will be based on a combination of group work and individual accomplishment: Group work: Design Project Individual accomplishments: Oral presentations Midterm Project Individual writing assignments Peer evaluations The final grade will be calculated as follows: Undergraduate (CSCI 4312) Graduate (CSCI 5312) 15% Homework Assignments 30% Summaries & Class Discussion 5% Class participation 20% Midterm Project 30% Design Project Note: Peer evaluations will impact grades for all group work. 15% Homework Assignments 30% Summaries & Class Discussion 5% Class participation 10% Paper Presentation 15% Midterm Project 25% Design Project Page 1 of 7

2 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION We all get more than we can read every day. If you the instructor concerning this course, it is VITAL that you begin the subject line with "HI:" and follow this tag with a meaningful subject line (e.g., HI: 2 Questions about S1); otherwise your message may not get read as soon as you might hope. Travel While I am traveling, I will have varying access to the Internet and may not be able to answer s in a timely fashion. Course Management & Collaborative Software Students should consult the course website, for assignments and scheduling. Office Hours Priority ordering for answering questions and concerns during office hours: (1) in person students or scheduled calls with CAETE students; (2) calls from students; (3) s or documents from students; (3) parents/legal guardians (note I cannot discuss anything about you with your parents unless you have signed a FERPA release). Expenses Each student will be expected to pay up to a total of $60 towards supplies and expenses for the projects. COURSE ELEMENTS Homework Assignments Students will be assigned relevant activities during the semester. The assignments will help students: (1) prepare for interesting discussions with guest speakers and (2) better understand research processes. Unless otherwise noted, homework assignments are due at the beginning of each class. CAETE Students may have up to 1 week extra to accommodate any lag in lecture viewing. Late work is not accepted. Homework assignments with Qs for Guest(s) should be submitted here: Summaries and Class Discussions Students will be assigned readings during the semester. Understanding of these materials will be assessed with summaries and class discussions. If a student does not participate in a class discussion by contributing interesting comments or questions, they may get 50% off of their summary score for that paper. Summaries Students are required to write a summary for each reading in the Reading noted with an (S[#], where # is the number of the summary) before the citation in the Reading. Students do not have to write a summary if there is a (No) before the citation in the Reading. Page 2 of 7

3 Graduate students must submit summaries for the (S[#]) and the (GS[#]) papers. CSCI 5312/4312 Health Informatics Summaries should be submitted at the beginning of the class when the reading(s) will be discussed. All students get three byes where they do not have to submit a summary for a specific paper. Please note, if two papers are due on the same day, then two byes would be needed to not submit any summaries on that day. Even if a student chooses to not submit a summary, they must still read the paper. See the course website and Reading for the schedule and links to readings. Formatting: 1 page Single Spaced 1 margins 12 point font Summary Format: Name Summary # Full Citation Paper Summary - 1 paragraph (In your own words) What was the goal? What did they do? (methods, population, etc.) What did they find? How does it extend/summarize the field? Discussion (if relevant) Did the paper make you wonder about anything? Any concepts/terms you had to look up with their definition? Any references of interest that you should consider looking up? Any points in the paper that you have issues with? Is the paper dated or could the results still be applied today/in the future? Does this paper relate to any other papers we have read? Please note that plagiarism will not be tolerated. If you are unsure of what plagiarism is, please work through this ( tutorial. Class Participation This is not a lecture course; we will spend the majority of the class period discussing the readings and thinking about ways to implement ideas in practice. As such, you are expected to be prepared and to have read the assigned materials, as indicated on the course schedule, BEFORE coming to class. When I am out of town, I will record a lecture in advance and have it played during class time. All students who watch the class via video (e.g., CAETE students), will be asked to participate by answering questions proposed in class via a Google document page or . If answers to questions are not posted at least one week after the class, participation points will be deducted. Page 3 of 7

4 Paper Presentation (CSCI 5312) Students enrolled in CSCI 5312 (graduate students) are required to research a paper for a class meeting that is related to the theme for that class period and present a 15 minute presentation during the class period and then lead class in a discussion for 10 minutes. The student must have the paper approved by the instructor at least one week before the paper is presented in class (hint if you are unsure if you can find an appropriate paper, start before the 1 week deadline). Students who submit their paper late (< 1 week before the scheduled presentation) will be docked 50% of the presentation grade. Students should send the instructor a full citation of the paper and provide a DOI or pdf of the paper. The presenter will be graded on their overall understanding of the paper and ability to engage the class in a discussion about the paper. CAETE students must also present a paper (as described above), however they do not have to be present. Instead, they should submit: (1) a video of themselves presenting, (2) presentation materials that they would like the class to see about the paper, and (3) discussion questions that take up at least 10 minutes of class time. The instructor can let you know if she thinks the number of questions is suitable for 10 minutes of discussion. Since you may not be present, if the instructor says you have 10 minutes of suitable question material, but it does not take up 10 minutes - you are not docked. But if the instructor says you need more material and you do not provide more material, you are responsible if it does not take 10 minutes. If the CAETE student does not intend to use presentation software, they may provide a recording and summary of the paper to the instructor to prove that they understand the paper. Midterm Project Each student will research a health informatics related monitoring application or device and use the device regularly for 2.5 weeks. Students must document progress and pre-determined metrics daily. After 2.5 weeks of use, students will analyze their data and choose to either (1) find another application/device that meets the needs better than the current application/device and use it for 1 week while documenting pre-determined metrics daily or (2) develop an application that improves on the issues they found from the previous application/device. Students will submit a paper that discusses the game or device, metrics used with a rationale, personal results, and a discussion about personal results and lessons learned. In addition, students will present their results in a fun, informative way. Design Project Students will research a health problem facing a target population that they have access to for user study recruiting. Based on user needs, students will design, develop, and evaluate a health informatics application. In-class students will work in teams of 3-4 for the design project. Note - there will be multiple, non-programming deliverables, thus programming experience is not required because a subset of the team will have development experience. CAETE students will work individually on the design project and their projects will be scoped appropriately with a subset of the deliverables. Guest Lectures We have the honor of hosting many internationally/nationally renowned guest lecturers this semester. Students are expected to be prepared by reading provided materials prior to the lecture and actively participate during lectures. Classroom Space The CAETE classrooms are excellent facilities that provide you and your distant peers access to lectures and educational materials. You are expected to maintain them in excellent condition. This Page 4 of 7

5 means it is YOUR responsibility to ensure that the classroom and your work area in particular are cleaner than when you arrived. Please do not touch the microphones on the desks these microphones make it easier for the CAETE students to hear questions from you and your classmates during lectures. Grade Rebuttals If you are incorrectly graded on a quantitative value assignment/question (e.g., the answer was 2 and you wrote 2), then you may see me before or after class to fix your grade. If you believe you have been incorrectly graded on a qualitative value assignment/question (e.g., report section, essay question), then within 48 hours of receiving the graded you must me a grammatically correct, spell checked < 250 word grade rebuttal explaining how your question was incorrectly graded and how your answer is correct. Simply saying, I believe I deserve a B because my question is good enough or I need a B to be an doctor will not be accepted. Writing Resources Written communication is an important skill for all engineers, and will be emphasized in this course in various ways, including individual writing assignments and team reports. There are resources available to help you with your writing skills: The Writing Center, located in Norlin Library, offers free counseling: ITLL Resources Some resources that may be helpful in your projects: What Who Where Mark Eaton Manufacturing Center General machine tools Proto Shack ITLL 2B07 Laser cutters, 3D printer Electronics Center Simulate, build and test electronic circuits Nick Stites Tim May ITLL 2B [email protected] ITLL 2B60B [email protected] ECCE 167A [email protected] LabView Darren McSweeney ITLL 2B60A General Help Sensors, misc. parts, etc. Group Dynamics Team dynamics, team disagreements, counseling psychologist Mike Elliott Dr. Daniel Knight [email protected] ITLL 2B [email protected] ITLL 2B [email protected] Page 5 of 7

6 CLASS ABSENTEE STATEMENTS Illness In the event you become ill and cannot attend class, please me and your team as soon as possible to notify me/them about your illness. Students who are ill with flu-like symptoms should NOT come to class or have close contact with other students (e.g., study groups). They should NOT return to class until 24 hours after their fever has abated. Honor Code abuse of a more lenient absence policy and attendance in class while contagious are not acceptable. In the event a loved one becomes ill and you cannot attend class because you must care for your loved one, please me. Travel In the event that you have to travel during the semester and miss class, I must be notified at least two weeks in advance (business travel will be given some leeway with the time frame) and you must present a plan on how you will complete your individual and team work. You are responsible for gathering materials, assignments, etc. that you missed in your absence this means accessing the CAETE videos, talking to your classmates, and reading materials posted online. DO NOT me asking what you missed it is your responsibility to find out. You can attend my office hours to discuss materials you have missed. Death In the event that a love one dies and you must miss class or your progress slows, you must present documentation of the death (e.g., funeral card or funeral program). Law Incidents In the event you or a loved one has an incident with the law, documentation will be needed to show that the incident happened during class and that is why you could not attend. UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND STATEMENTS Disability Accommodations If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit to me a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs may be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented disabilities. Contact: , Willard 322, or < Religious Observances Campus policy regarding religious observances requires that faculty make every effort to reasonably and fairly deal with all students who, because of religious obligations, have conflicts with scheduled exams, assignments or required attendance. In this class, please send me or visit me in office hours to notify me of such a situation at least two weeks in advance of the event. See full details at < Page 6 of 7

7 Classroom Behavior Students and faculty each have responsibility for maintaining an appropriate learning environment. Students who fail to adhere to such behavioral standards may be subject to discipline. Faculty have the professional responsibility to treat all students with understanding, dignity and respect, to guide classroom discussion and to set reasonable limits on the manner in which they and their students express opinions. Professional courtesy and sensitivity are especially important with respect to individuals and topics dealing with differences of race, culture, religion, politics, sexual orientation, gender variance, and nationalities. Class rosters are provided to the instructor with the student's legal name. I will gladly honor your request to address you by an alternate name or gender pronoun. Please advise me of this preference early in the semester so that I may make appropriate changes to my records. See polices at < and at < Discrimination and Harassment The University of Colorado at Boulder policy on Discrimination and Harassment (< the University of Colorado policy on Sexual Harassment and the University of Colorado policy on Amorous Relationships applies to all students, staff and faculty. Any student, staff or faculty member who believes s/he has been the subject of discrimination or harassment based upon race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status should contact the Office of Discrimination and Harassment (ODH) at or the Office of Judicial Affairs at Information about the ODH and the campus resources available to assist individuals regarding discrimination or harassment can be obtained at < Honor Code All students of the University of Colorado at Boulder are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported to the Honor Code Council (<[email protected]>; ). Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be subject to both academic sanctions from the faculty member and non-academic sanctions (including but not limited to university probation, suspension, or expulsion). Other information on the Honor Code can be found at < and at < Page 7 of 7