Numbering Code	P-PUB01 8H130 LB90	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	Professional degree students	Target Student
Language	Japanese and English	Day/Period	Fri.2
Instructor name	NAKAYAMA TAKEO (Graduate School of Medicine Professor) TAKAHASHI YOSHIMITSU (Graduate School of Medicine Associate Professor) MIYAZAKI KIKUKO (Part-time Lecturer) SUGIMORI HIROKI (Part-time Lecturer) SONODA YUKI (Part-time Lecturer) WAKAO　FUMIHIKO (Part-time Lecturer) KATOU GENTA (Kyoto University Hospital Associate Professor) KURODA SATOSHI (Part-time Lecturer) FUJIMOTO SHUHEI (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	This course comprises systematic lectures on health / medical information, collection, accumulation, transmission, retrieval and appraisal of data and knowledge. Being based on epidemiology and EBM, methods of utilizing information about health and medicine via medical literature, mass media or internet. Health literacy, circulation of information and information ethics including protection of individual information will be also addressed. Moreover, the workshop of the “MBTI”, which is very popular among healthcare professionals in the US and western countries, will be held to understand intra and inter personal pattern of information recognition and processing, and communication. Methods of Instruction Lectures, practices, small group discussion.
Course Goals	・Being based on knowledge of epidemiology and EBM, to acquire skills of utilizing various health / medical information. ・To be capable of collecting and appraising health information via mass media or internet and of utilizing them as materials for decision making, problem solving and promoting communication. ・To understand intra and inter personal pattern of information recognition and processing, and communication in terms of the “MBTI”.
Schedule and Contents	1 October 14 Information / health literacy: Introduction 1 2 October 21 Information / health literacy: Introduction 2 3 October 28 Internet and e-health 4 November 4 Quality of life and “patient reported outcome” in health 5 November 11 Evidence-based practice and clinical practice guidelines 6 November 18 Communicating Risks and Benefits 7 December 2 Secondary use of healthcare data 8 December 9 Topics of technical communications 9 December 16 Dissemination of cancer information: the current state of enlightenment and problem 10 December 23 Narrative information: the significance and possibility 11 January 6 World cafe 12 January 13 Health literacy and risk communication 13 January 26“MBTI” special workshop (1) 14 January 27“MBTI” special workshop (2) 15 February 3 Individual presentation and wrap-up Note: This schedule is subject to change. The class will be scheduled to avoid overlapping“Health informaticsⅡ”.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Short report for each lecture 80%, Oral Presentation 20%
Course Requirements	None (it is desirable to have basic knowledge of epidemiology or evidence-base medicine).
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Rather than spending more time on your preparation, please put more energy into the review.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	The material necessary for the lecture will be provided by lecturers. Purchase of the textbook of MBTI is required (approximately, 3,000Yen).
References, etc.	Communicating Risks and Benefits: An Evidence-Based User's Guide, Baruch Fishhoff, Noel T Brewer, Julie S Downs, (US Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration)