The following list of study references is not a definitive list for veterinary informatics. It should be viewed rather, as a guide to assist applicants in their preparation for the AAVI written examination. Furthermore, since the AAVI is a new organization and covers such a broad field, applicants are invited to provide feedback on the appropriateness of this list and to recommend additions and/or deletions. As the first "fellows" of the AAVI, you will be helping us to sculpt the future of veterinary informatics!
Reading the current scientific and professional literature is encouraged (e.g. Computers and Biomedical Research, Medical Computing, JAMIA (Not to be published until Jan, 1994), "Computer Magazines and News Weeklies", MD Computing). Medical informatics related topics also are published in professional journals such as Academic Medicine, JAMA, JAVMA, and the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education.
The book Medical Informatics - Computer Applications in Health Care by Edward H. Shortliffe et al (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 617-944-3700, $60) is currently being utilized as the foundation reference for the examination. In addition, the applicant is especially encouraged to review the most recent 3 years of the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care Proceedings and the Yearbook of Medical Informatics in order to stay abreast of current concepts and technologies in medical informatics. Many of these publications can be ordered through the American Medical Informatics Association, 4915 St. Elmo Ave., Suite 302, Bethesda, MD 20814 301-657- 1291. Applicants are encouraged to become a member of the AMIA as well. We need to build our critical mass of veterinary members of the AMIA in order to be fully recognized by this group.
1. Historical perspectives;
a) National Science Foundation: Mosaic, 3(3), 1972. A discussion of PLATO and TICCIT.
b) Trynda, R. "Role of Computer-assisted Instruction in a Veterinary Medical Curriculum: An Overview":, J. Veterinary Medical Education. 2:113-116, 1979.
c) Hmelo, C. "Computer-Assisted Instruction in Health Professions Education: A Review of the Published Literature:, J. Educational Technology Systems. 18 (2) : 83- 101, 1989-90.
d) "Virtual Reality" by Howard Rheingold, Summit Books, New York, NY, 1991, ISBN: 0-671-69363.
e) The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Avron Barr, Edward Feigenbaum, HeurisTech Press, Stanford, CA.
2. Medical Record Systems;
a) S.B. Johnson, et. al. Conceptual Data Model for a Central Patient Database. SCAMC 1992; 381:385.
b) Bishop C.W. "A Name is Not Enough". MD Computing 1989;6 No.4: 200-206.
c) Frisse ME. The Health of the Computer-Based Patient Record. Acad Med 1992 JUL; 67(7):441-443.
d) 1993 Spring Congress AMIA "Electronic Patient Records: Obstacles and Opportunities" Proceedings.
3. Hospital Information Systems;
a) M.J. Ball, J.V. Douglas. Hospital Information Systems (HIS): Looking into the Future. SCAMC 1992; 224:227.
4. Laboratory Information Systems;
a) Cahill, B.P. et. al. Mayo Foundation Electronic Results Inquiry, the HL7 connection. SCAMC 1992; 516:520.
5. Pharmacy;
a) SCAMC Proceedings, periodicals.
6. Radiology/Imaging;
a) SCAMC Proceedings, periodicals.
7. Patient Monitoring;
a) SCAMC Proceedings, periodicals.
8. Practice Management;
a) SCAMC Proceedings, periodicals.
b) Smith, Brian R. (ed) : Computers in Veterinary Practice. The Veterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice. 16:4 July 1986.
9. Information and Bibliographical Retrieval;
a) Special Issue: Communications, computers, and networks (1991). Scientific American 265(3).
b) Kehoe, Brendan P. (1993). Zen and the art of the Internet: A beginner's guide to the Internet. (2nd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
c) Humphrey, Susanne M. (1992). Indexing biomedical documents: from thesaural to knowledge-based retrieval systems. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.
d) Humphreys, B.L., et. al. (1992). Assessing and Enhancing the Value of the UMLS Knowledge Sources. SCAMC 1992;16:78-82.
e) "The Whole Internet - User's Guide and Catalog: by Ed Krol, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 1992, ISBN: 1-56592-025-2.
f) "The Matrix - Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide" by John S. Quarterman, Digital Press, Bedford, 1989.
g) "Computer Mediated Communications" by Matthew Rappaport, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1991, ISBN: 0-471-51642-2.
h) "Dvorak's Guide to PC Telecommunications" by John Dvorak & Nick Anis, Osborne McGraw-Hill, 2600 Tenth Street.
10. Decision Support;
a) Stanton, W.M., P.C. Tang. Knowledge-Based Support for a Physician's Workstation. SCAMC 1992;16:649:653.
b) "Knowledge Coupling" by Lawrence L. Weed, Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc., 1991, ISBN: 0-387-97537-3. c) Medical Decision Making, Journal of the Society of Medical Decision-Making, Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
d) Expert Systems: Principles and Programming, Joseph Giarratano PWS-KENT Publishing Co., Boston.
e) The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Avron Barr, Edward Feigenbaum, HeurisTech Press, Stanford, CA.
f) Rule-Based Expert Systems: The MYCIN Experiments of the Stanford Heuristic Programming Project, Bruce Buchanan, Edward Shortliffe, Addison-Wesley Publishing, MA.
g) The Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (many references).
11. Clinical Research;
a) Computers and Biomedical Research, (last 3 years).
12. Education;
a) Mattern, W.D., et. al. A computerized Representation of a Medical School Curriculum: Integration of Relational and Text Management Software in Database Design. SCAMC 1992;16:323-327.
b) Gagne, E. The Cognitive Psychology of School Learning. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, 1985.
c) Dick, W.& Carey, L. The Systematic Design of Instruction (2nd ed.) Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1985.
d) Alessi, S. & Trollip, S. Computer-based Instruction: Methods and Development (2nd ed.) Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1991.
e) Avner, R. "How to Produce Ineffective CAI Material", Educational Technology. August: 26-27, 1974.
f) Ullmer, E. Interactive Technology (Lister Hill Monograph LHNCBC 90-2). Bethesda, MD: Educational Technology Branch, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, 1990.
g) Ullmer, E. Optical Disc Technology (Lister Hill Monograph LHNCBC 9033). Bethesda, MD: Educational Technology Branch, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, 1990.
h) Locaitis, C. Videodisc Repurposing (Lister Hill Monograph LHNCBC 89-2). Bethesda, MD: Educational Technology Branch, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, 1989.
i) Frisse ME. Medical Informatics in Academic Health Science Centers. Acad Med 1992 APR; 67(4): 238-241.
13. Epidemiology: Simulations, Biomedical Statistics, Production/Performance Assessment;
a) Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology: A Problem-Oriented Approach, Ronald Smith, Butterworth-Heinemann.
14. Systems Evaluation and Validation;
a) S.M. Huff, et. al. Evaluation of an SQL Model of the HELP Patient Database. SCAMC 1992; 386:390.
b) Medical Decision Making, Journal of the Society of Medical Decision-Making, Hanley & Belfus, Inc.