Glossary

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines or software, as opposed to the intelligence of human beings or animals.

ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) is a large language model-based chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched on November 30, 2022, notable for enabling users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language used.

The branch of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.

At its core, informatics is the science of information and all its aspects – how it’s stored, processed, communicated, and used. It is mainly thought of today as computerized information, but can also apply to information stored, communicated and used on paper, audio tape, or even in someone’s brain.

Though a current informatics definition is now usually linked with a scientific discipline such as medical informatics or healthcare informatics, the term also can apply to more diverse areas such as library informatics, financial, or even sports.

With the increase of electronic health records, the healthcare field has become one of the dominant users of informatics. As today’s seemingly infinite amount of data continues growing, informatics is used to help process, analyze, and communicate large chunks of data while seeking clues to support and sustain public health and enhance the quality of care in the field of biomedical informatics.

Interprofessional learning involves students learning from and with students from other professions and learning about other professions. Interprofessional learning and teaching can take place at an academic institution but also regularly occurs in workplace environments, where students gain applicable and practical experience.

"Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer science which focuses on the use of data and algorithms to imitate the way that humans learn, gradually improving its accuracy" (IBM, n.d.)

Systems thinking is a way of making sense of the complexity of the world by looking at it in terms of wholes and relationships rather than by splitting it down into its parts.

This can provide experiences with technology necessary for human sensory elements such as vision, sound, and manipulation as well.

severe and destructive course of a disease