INFO 603 COMPUTER LITERACY FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
This course introduces healthcare professionals to the means to solve real-world problems using computer programs. The course describes the ways in which computers work, and the ways in which computer programs work. The course then details the proper ways to analyze a problem; determine that it can be solved with a computer program written by the student; and use the proper techniques to combine new, student-written code with existing code libraries to solve the problem; test the solution on realistic data; and document the method of development and solution. The course uses the Python programming language to illustrate the techniques taught.