Master of Health Informatics Events

Our current academic year promise to be another busy one. Along with regular classes we have our bi-weekly seminar series, thesis defenses, a special dinner and other events of interest.

Please see the bottom of this page for calls for papers and conference information that relate to Health Informatics.

If you have an event you would like added to this page please contact the webmaster.

With best wishes for the upcoming academic year.

Sincerely,

The MHI Faculty and Staff

Hot Off the Press -- September 2009 - April 2010

Sunday
Oct. 18 2009
9:30 a.m.

Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Dalhousie Arts Centre,
6101 University Avenue

Fall Convocation

Our congratulations to our Fall graduates from the Master of Health Informatics program!

Click here for more Convocation information.

Friday
Nov. 20, 2009
6:30pm-9:30pm

Location
Saege Bistro,
5883 Spring Garden Road,
Halifax, NS

Health Informatics Banquet

This was the first Annual Health Informatics Banquet. It included a celebration of Dr. David Zitner's contribution to Medical and Health Informatics.

A good time was had by all who attended.


Health Informatics Research Network Seminar Series 2009 - 2010

The aim of these seminars is to provide a forum for the presentations by PhD students and MHI thesis students and to to have monthly brainstorming sessions with multiple clinical researchers presenting on the HI problems they are encountering with their research.

Tuesday
Oct. 6, 2009
11:30am - 12:30pm

Room 3A-1,
3rd Floor
Sir Charles Tupper Buildling
Dalhousie University

Panel Discussion on Establishing Dalhousie's Health Informatics Research Network

Dr. Grace Paterson,Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

Dr. Raza Abidi, Health Informatics, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University

Dr. Calvino Cheng, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

Ms. Andrea Hilchie-Pye, Cancer Care Nova Scotia

Tuesday
Oct. 20, 2009
11:30am - 12:30pm

Room 3A-1,
3rd Floor
Sir Charles Tupper Buildling
Dalhousie University

Complex Care - Complex Communication: Managing Inter-agency Health Information and Planning for High Risk Pregnancies

Glenda Carson, RN, PhD (C), PNC(C), IBCLC (PhD candidate) Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist, Women's and Newborn Health Program, IWK Health Centre

Sandra Matheson, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cardiovascular, QEII Health Sciences Centre, CDHA

Tuesday
Nov. 3, 2009
11:30am - 12:30pm

Room 3A-1,
3rd Floor
Sir Charles Tupper Buildling
Dalhousie University

Ontology Modeling for Handling Co-morbid Diseases in Decision Support Systems

Dr. Samina Raza Abidi

IDPhD Candidate

Tuesday
Nov. 17, 2009
11:30am - 12:30pm

Room 3A-1,
3rd Floor
Sir Charles Tupper Buildling
Dalhousie University

A Social Network Analysis of the Pediatric Pain Mailing List (PPML)

Sam Stewart

IDPhD Student

Tuesday
Dec. 1, 2009
11:30am - 12:30pm

Room 3A-1,
3rd Floor
Sir Charles Tupper Buildling
Dalhousie University

Education Technology and the Future of Medical Education

Tim Fedak, PhD

Manager of Distributed Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

Dr. Fedak's presentation will include a discussion of a recent paper by Karsenti and Charlin (2009).

The presentation/discussion will also be available on WImba online.

  • Click the link above to access Wimba.
  • Enter your name in Participant box, and hit enter.
  • Run the setup wizard (at least once), to ensure your web browser is configured properly.
  • Once the Setup wizard is completed, you can enter the "Distributed Education Skills" online classroom.

Tuesday
Jan. 12, 2010
11:30am - 12:30pm

Room 1718C,
Dentistry Building
Dalhousie University

Brainstorming Session: Clinicians Pitch Their Problems; Health Informaticians Suggest Solutions

Various clinicians and health informaticians

Please note the new location of the seminar

Tuesday
Feb. 9, 2010
11:30am - 12:30pm

Room 1718C,
Dentistry Building
Dalhousie University

Patient-Centred Information and Communication Resources for Chronic Condition Management: A Proposal and Plan

Naomi Mensink, IDPhD student, Dalhousie University

Tuesday
Mar. 9, 2010
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

Room 3-A1,
Tupper Building
Dalhousie University

or connect online

Informatics Curriculum Renewal Group Environmental Scan

Katrina Hurley, M.D., Director, Medical Informatics and Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

This is part of the Research in Health and Medical Education series. Registration (e-mail: phmer@dal.ca) is encouraged.

Please note the time and location of this seminar

To connect online see instructions on the poster


Other Conferences Relevant to Health Informatics

Feb. 11, 2010 Information Without Borders -- Pathways, Portals, and Peoples: Managing Information Globally

  • Location: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Speakers will include: Daniel Caron, Librarian and Archivist of Canada (keynote speaker); Michael Ridley, Chief Information Officer and Chief Libarian, University of Guelph; and Nora Young, journalist and creator of "Spark" on CBC Radio

Searching for Calls for Papers/Conferences Relevant to Health Informatics

Wiki Call For Papers -- Type your term into the search box on the left side of this WIKI to find conferences of interest



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