Medical informatics and statistics 1 [ULI/MIS-DM1/15]

The university textbook entitled "Introduction to MS Access – Databases not only for medical students" is intended for medical students, students of nontechnical universities and all beginners in working with databases. It introduces the readers to the issues of database data processing and explains the basic principles that need to be known when creating relational types of databases.

Majerník J., Kačmariková A.: Introduction to MS Access - Databases not only for medical students, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, ŠafárikPress Publishing, Košice 2025, ISBN  978-80-574-0425-5, DOI: https://doi.org/10.33542/IMA-0425-5.

Medical informatics represents a science where the data, information and knowledge from the area of medicine and health care are systematically processed. Therefore, informatics itself is an essential part of medicine affecting health care system as well as education of its employees. Presentations here are intended to be used as introduction to the study of this area.

The database tools allow collecting, storage, handling and evaluation of different types of information. Using a database one can store data about persons, goods, services etc. In contrast to spreadsheet programs the databases usually uses several separate and interconnected tables to minimize duplicate records. The data can be easily accessed, managed and updated; regardless the database content is bibliographic, text, numeric or even graphical.

Biostatistics represents a collection of methods for planning biological experiments, obtaining various medical data, and then organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions. Our primary goal is to provide the students the basic information needed to be able to interpret the types of studies, as well as to perform basic analyses.

This work was supported by the national grant KEGA 011UPJŠ-4/2019 "Increasing of competences and critical thinking level in students of medical study programs using simulation tools of Problem-Based Learning and Evidence-Based Medicine".