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.

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