TY - GEN
T1 - Analyzing the Efficacy of an Open Access Biomedical Informatics Boot Camp
AU - Resendez, Skyler
AU - Franklin, Gillian
AU - Stephens, Rachel
AU - Maness, Heather
AU - Chamala, Srikar
AU - Elkin, Peter L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors.
PY - 2024/8/22
Y1 - 2024/8/22
N2 - Each summer, the University at Buffalo hosts a free, virtual biomedical informatics (BMI) boot camp. Lectures covering various subject matter areas are offered including, but not limited to: machine learning, natural language processing, programming, database queries, clinical decision support (CDS), and public and consumer health informatics. Once the 2023 boot camp had concluded, an anonymous, voluntary survey was offered to everyone who attended. The results of the boot camp were overwhelmingly positive with 70% of the survey participants indicating that they agreed that their expectations were met. 82% of the participants indicated that our JupyterHub and the educational coding materials stored on it are useful tools for the learning process. Qualitative analyses showed a desire for additional hands-on learning over theoretical lectures.
AB - Each summer, the University at Buffalo hosts a free, virtual biomedical informatics (BMI) boot camp. Lectures covering various subject matter areas are offered including, but not limited to: machine learning, natural language processing, programming, database queries, clinical decision support (CDS), and public and consumer health informatics. Once the 2023 boot camp had concluded, an anonymous, voluntary survey was offered to everyone who attended. The results of the boot camp were overwhelmingly positive with 70% of the survey participants indicating that they agreed that their expectations were met. 82% of the participants indicated that our JupyterHub and the educational coding materials stored on it are useful tools for the learning process. Qualitative analyses showed a desire for additional hands-on learning over theoretical lectures.
KW - Bioinformatics
KW - Computational Biology
KW - Teaching Innovation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85201998330
U2 - 10.3233/SHTI240711
DO - 10.3233/SHTI240711
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 39176500
AN - SCOPUS:85201998330
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 1545
EP - 1546
BT - Digital Health and Informatics Innovations for Sustainable Health Care Systems - Proceedings of MIE 2024
A2 - Mantas, John
A2 - Hasman, Arie
A2 - Demiris, George
A2 - Saranto, Kaija
A2 - Marschollek, Michael
A2 - Arvanitis, Theodoros N.
A2 - Ognjanovic, Ivana
A2 - Benis, Arriel
A2 - Gallos, Parisis
A2 - Zoulias, Emmanouil
A2 - Andrikopoulou, Elisavet
PB - IOS Press BV
T2 - 34th Medical Informatics Europe Conference, MIE 2024
Y2 - 25 August 2024 through 29 August 2024
ER -