shrug-l: FW: ONLINE GI-YES and Human Health- ESCI 7613-8613: SPRING 2019-UNIVERSITY of MEMPHIS

Tripp Corbin tcorbin at egisassociates.com
Mon Nov 19 10:04:04 EST 2018


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From: Esra Ozdenerol (eozdenrl) <eozdenrl at memphis.edu> 
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 9:27 PM
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Subject: ONLINE GI-YES and Human Health- ESCI 7613-8613: SPRING
2019-UNIVERSITY of MEMPHIS

 

Please circulate to your students and interested colleagues.

 




 

 

ONLINE GI-YES and Human Health!

ESCI 7613-8613

GIS and Human Health - 18280 - ESCI 7613 - 410
<https://banssbprod.memphis.edu/pls/PROD/bwckschd.p_disp_detail_sched?term_i
n=201150&crn_in=54578> 

GIS and Human Health - 18280 - ESCI 8613 - 410
<https://banssbprod.memphis.edu/pls/PROD/bwckschd.p_disp_detail_sched?term_i
n=201150&crn_in=54578> 

GIS and Human Health

Spring 2019- Jan 19 - May 2

Class Schedule: Available 24 hrs/day

Class Location: Online

 

 

 

Professor               Esra Ozdenerol, PhD, MLA 
Title                   Professor of Geography and Director of Graduate
Certificate in GIS
Email Address       eozdenrl at memphis.edu <mailto:eozdenrl at memphis.edu>  
Phone                    901.678.2787
Office Location     Johnson  Hall, 236
Office Hours          Please email me to set up an appointment

 

Course Description

This ONLINE graduate level course is for geographers, environmental
geologists, public health practitioners, pediatricians, medical doctors and
clinicians, health economists, health administrators, medical entomologists,
biologists, epidemiologists, medical anthropologists, nurses, geneticists,
and community members interested in applying Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) to the study of human health problems. UT Medical School students are
welcome to this class! 

 

This class is also one of the elective courses counted towards the Graduate
Certificate in GIS at UM Department of Earth Sciences.  It is also one of
the concentration course electives for Environmental Health Curriculum for
Master of Public Health. 

 

The purpose of this course is to provide a broad introduction to the use of
GIS in analyzing and addressing health problems. GIS are computer based
systems for integrating and analyzing spatial data. This course is designed
to help students become conversant with some fundamental concepts in how GIS
can be used to map and analyze the geographical distributions of populations
at risk, health outcomes, and risk factors; to explore associations between
risk factors and health outcomes; and to address health problems. Arc GIS
10.5  is the GIS software provided by the university and will be heavily
used in the class. 


GIS overview


Geographic information systems (GIS) are computerized systems designed for
the storage, retrieval, and analysis of geographically referenced data. GIS
is used to map all sorts of physical, biological, cultural, demographic, and
economic data. The roots of GIS are in cartography and go back hundreds of
years. GIS, as we know it today, began in the 1950s and 1960s and for many
years was used primarily by government agencies and engineers. 

Why are so many health-care executives and public health professionals now
seeing the benefits of managing their organizations through the use of GIS?
The answer is quite simple: Managing health-care costs by efficiently
meeting patients' needs with available resources is an activity that is
central to every health-care organization. GIS provides an effective way to
visualize, organize, and manage a wide variety of information, including
administrative and medical data, social services, and patient data. Public
health and medical-research agencies are also using GIS to map
health-related events, identify disease clusters, investigate environmental
health problems, and understand the spread of communicable and infectious
disease.

 

This course uses a unique approach to teach the use of GIS in health care.
It imbeds learning how to use GIS software in the context of carrying out
projects for visualizing and analyzing health-related data. Each week
incorporates an online lecture and a computer lab that focuses on a
health-care issue and uses ArcGIS 10 software to analyze data or solve a
problem. Through weekly assignments and project case studies, students will
learn not only about the software and how to use it, but also about the many
distinct advantages of using GIS for health-care policy making and planning.


 

By the end of the course, students will have sufficient background to become
expert users of GIS in building, managing, and using GIS maps and
health-related data for health-care organizations.

 

The GIS exercises covers the following topics: 

-A world or national health-care project using a WHO or CDC example (public
health), an elderly population study (public policy), 

-An obesity study (medical research),

-A childhood lead poison study (public health), 

-A hospital clinic location study (hospital administration), 

-A neighborhood walkability study (public health/medical research), 

-An advanced analysis for comparing disease patterns and demographic data
(public health/health policy/medical research), 

-An American College of HealthCare Executives territory analysis (managed
care), and terrorism/disaster management/emergency preparedness in public
health. 


Course materials


GIS Tutorial for Health, fifth edition (K. S. Kurland and W. L. Gorr)

GIS Tutorial for Health data installed from ESRI website

Microsoft PowerPoint lecture slides and course notes

Thumb drive or other backup device needed to copy GIS data to and from
computer labs to your personal computers

ArcGIS 10.5 software

Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint needed for answers to some assignments

Web browser for access to course's ecourseware website and supplemental
files


Assignments


GIS assignments build on each other, so it is important to be up-to-date on
your assignments. 

Course Prerequisites

Computer literacy and an introductory GIS and database classes are
recommended.

 

Be familiar with ecourseware.  Ecourseware is the University of Memphis's
latest online course management system. This web-based platform provides
students to view and download course material, upload exams and exercises
and contribute to online class discussions. 

 

Login to eCourseware at http://elearn.memphis.edu or through the Spectrum
portal using your UUID and password.

 

First and foremost every student should get ESRI Global account.
https://webaccounts.esri.com/CAS/index.cfm

 

Do not forget your login and password. You will need to activate the
software authorization code using your Esri Global Account. You will make
use of your Global account in order to access to arcgis.com and create web
maps.

 

 

Course Structure Approach

 

This is an online lab course. There will be a moderate amount of reading
assigned every week and a lab assignment that you must complete every week.
GIS is a field/discipline that changes constantly, therefore it is important
to stay on top of current changes and developments. 

 

GIS Software

Every assignment we have in this class requires you to use ESRI Arc GIS 10.5
software.  Students can install 1-year term student license for ArcGIS
Desktop and Extensions on their personal PCs. Each student will receive a
unique authorization code from the instructor.  Each authorization code is
valid for one user on one computer.  Students have the option to download
the ArcGIS for Desktop ISO to their individual computers.  The download file
sizes are 3.76 Gb for ArcGIS for Desktop 10.5 and 1.87 Gb for the optional
tutorial data. You will be given a unique authorization code with software
installation instructions by the instructor. The software installation
instructions are provided in the ecourseware course content and online from
esri.com/evalhelp <http://www.esri.com/evalhelp> .

 

Caution! The software cannot be installed on a computer that has a previous
version of ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Server installed; if necessary,
uninstall previous versions of ArcGIS Desktop or Server on your personal
PCs. 

If you don't want to go through the hassle of installing software on your
personal PCs and/or want to use the lab resources in addition to your
personal computer use, each student has the option of using the software in
TAF lab. All the computers are equipped with ArcGIS 10.5 software and also
GIS Tutorial for Health data.  Each student has a folder with their UoM
account name under the class folder. The hands-on work can be performed at
home or TAF laboratories on campus including the GIS teaching lab (Johnson
Hall TAF 219), or any other computer with an Arc GIS 10.5 install.
University of Memphis has the Arc GIS 10.5 software available under UM
software. TAF Lab located in Room 219- Johnson Hall has Arc GIS 10.5 locally
installed on each computer. TAF 219 Lab in Johnson Hall has 22 computers and
will be monitored during sesmester. You will receive lab schedule from the
instructor by the first week of classes.

 

Below are some useful links regarding the Arc GIS 10.5 software.

 

  Esri's WWW homepage                    http://www.esri.com  

  Esri Global Account                           create a new account
<https://webaccounts.esri.com/CAS/index.cfm> 

  Esri Evaluation Copy help                 esri.com/evalhelp
<http://www.esri.com/evalhelp> .

  Esri Education Edition
http://www.esri.com/EducationEdition

  Online Support Center                     http://support.esri.com 

  My Support
http://support.esri.com/en/login

  Support Center News Blog
http://blogs.esri.com/Support/blogs/supportcenter/ 

  Arc GIS Resource Centers
http://resources.arcgis.com 

  Discussion Forums                             http://forums.arcgis.com

  Ideas
http://ideas.arcgis.com

 

 

 

 

Required materials

Internet access, access to a windows computer with Arc GIS 10, or with
installation capabilities.

 

CPU Speed 1.6 GHz recommended or higher 

Processor Intel Core Duo, Pentium 4 or Xeon Processors 
Memory/RAM 1 GB minimum, 2 GB recommended or higher 
Display Properties 24 bit color depth 

Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi)

 

Required Text/Tutorial

GIS Tutorial for Health, fifth edition (K. S. Kurland and W. L. Gorr), ESRI
Press, Redlands, California

ISBN: 9781589483729     eISBN: 9781589483736 2014      $79.99

 

This tutorial is required for this course. All online course material
follows the chapters in this tutorial and homework exercises are from this
book. Students can order this tutorial by calling 800-447-9778 or shop
online esri.com/esripress. Please make sure to purchase 5th edition. You can
order it through below link.

https://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display
<https://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=2
62&moduleID=0> &websiteID=262&moduleID=0

 

This tutorial comes with data, available to download on the ESRi Press "Book
resources: webpage, esripress.esri.com/bookresources,  dowloadable from
esri's website, including comprehensive tutorials in every chapter to learn
the skills, with a set of exercises, map documents, and data for practicing
skills independently.

https://esripress.esri.com/bookResources/index.cfm?event=catalog.book
<https://esripress.esri.com/bookResources/index.cfm?event=catalog.book&id=7>
&id=7

 

 

Required Text(s)/Readings

Spatial Health Inequalities, by Esra Ozdenerol. 2016. CRC Press  ISBN
9781498701501 - You can purchase this book online. 

https://www.crcpress.com/Spatial-Health-Inequalities-Adapting-GIS-Tools-and-
Data-Analysis/Ozdenerol/p/book/9781498701501

 

                

Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes

Methods of Assessment

 

The student success will be assessed through their performance:

1.	Performance on tutorial assignments 
2.	Literature Review - This will be literature review based off of
course readings, peer-reviewed research articles through students' own
library and internet search. At the beginning of the semester, each student
will pick a health topic and conduct literature review on GIS applications
to that health topic. Instructor will provide a list of health topics at the
beginning of the semester. At least 10 articles will be covered by the
literature review.  
3.	Project - Project will be a case study. Students will apply the case
studies they learned from the tutorial to use their own work/thesis work/ or
any other health data on a topic of their interest

 

 

Grading System

Assignment                                           #
Pts. Each                Total Points           

Assignments                                          10 (100 points per
chapter) 100                      1000

Case Study Report                               4000
4000                      4000

Literature Review                                5000
5000                      5000

Total Points
10000

 

 

 

 

 

Timing of Assessment

Due dates will be listed on the ecourseware class calendar.

Computers crash, systems go down, networks become disconnected, files get
lost, printers often don't work, but these challenges are all part of the
real-world experience of working with computers. Allow yourself enough time
to complete assignments by their due date. 

 

Email me if you think there is a problem beyond your control, and I will try
to help come up with a solution. Also use the college systems administrative
staff and the university IT help desk. Precise documentation of problems and
attempted solutions may help reduce the number of points subtracted from a
late project. 

 

Technical Support

For technical support you may call ITD at 901.678.8888 or access their web
site: https://umhelpdesk.memphis.edu. Please do not contact ITD help desk
for questions related to course material. You are always welcome to e-mail
me via the Course Web Site or call during office hours.

 

Grading:

Grades will be based on the following scheme:

A: 90-100  

B: 80-89  

C: 70-79 

D: 60-69  

F: 59 and below

Course Policies

You are free to discuss and interact with other students on how to approach
to the software problems and also help each other with tips if you run into
a software "how to" problem. So I encourage a certain amount of
collaboration among students. However, all students are required to perform
their own work on homework exercises and submit their own work.  Plagiarism
will result in a failing grade.

 

This section is for students who do not have access to a personal computer
and prefer to use the on campus lab resources. Arc GIS 10.5 software and
tutorial data are installed on computers of TAF Lab 219 Johnson Hall. This
lab is monitored during sesmester . After hours and while lab is not
monitored, you can access through a punch code. If you are interested in
using the lab, please email me to receive the punch code to access the lab.
Do NOT distribute the punch code!

You can log in through your UoM account to those computers in the lab. Under
H: drive, there is a folder named Online GIS and Human Health ESCI7613. Each
of you has a folder with your UoM account name( the first section of your
email address such as mine eozdenrl <mailto:eozdenrl at memphis.edu>
@memphis.edu) under that class folder. You can work and save your exercises
to that folder. You still need to use eacoarseware to upload your
assignments. Save your exercises and export as jpgs, insert them into MS
word and upload it to eacoarseware via dropbox.

 

 





 

 

 

 

 


Esra Ozdenerol, Ph.D.
Professor

Director of GIS Certificate Program
Department of Earth Sciences

University of Memphis

Ph:901-678-2787


 


 

 

 

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