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SNOMED CT Foundation Course

A full-day course suitable for anyone needing a good initial understanding of SNOMED CT®.

This course provides a foundation of knowledge that can be extended by the SNOMED CT Advanced Course and the SNOMED CT Technical Implementers Course.

Course Outline

  • Introduction
    • What is SNOMED?
    • SNOMED CT Content Overview
    • Words and Meaning
  • Clinical Terminology Requirements
    • Electronic Health Record requirements for as standard terminology
    • Codes, classifications and terminologies
    • Desiderata for clinical terminologies
  • Building Blocks of SNOMED CT
    • Concepts, Descriptions and Relationships
  • The SNOMED CT Concept Model
    • Findings and Procedures
    • Anatomy and Morphology
    • Clinical Situations and Context
  • Localization features of SNOMED CT
    • Extensions
    • Cross Mapping
    • Subsets and Reference Sets
    • Alternative Hierarchies
    • Language and Dialect Support