SNOMED CT Technical Implementers Course

This is a two day course. However, the two days can also be taught as separate courses.

This course is suitable for people who have already attended the SNOMED CT Foundation Course or have acquired an equivalent level of understanding from other course or materials. Those attending day 2 should also have attended the SNOMED CT Advanced Course or attained equivalent knowledge from other sources.

Day 1 - Course Outline

• SNOMED CT Release Files
  • Primary release file structure
    • Concepts file
    • Descriptions file
    • Relationships file
  • Additional release file structure
    • Subsets file
    • Cross Maps files
    • Search Support files
    • Canonical file
  • History tracking files
  • Release file import, indexing and implementation
  • Revised SNOMED CT File Structures
    • Concepts and Relationships with integrated history
    • Descriptions and Language RefSets with integrated history
    • Simple RefSets
    • Navigation RefSets
    • Aggregation RefSets
    • Cross Maps with integrated history
    • Transitive Closure files
  • Alternative distribution formats
    • Distribution in XML format

Day 2 - Course Outline

• Implementation Architecture
• Essential Terminology Services
• Advanced Terminology Services
• Practical implementation issues and advice
  • Data entry advice
  • Data retrieval advice
• Supporting Effective Subtype Tests
  • Pre-coordinated subtype testing
    • Importance of rapid subtype testing
    • Optimizing pre-coordinated subtype tests
  • Post-coordinated subsumption testing
    • Transforming Expressions to Normal Forms
    • Post-coordinated subtype testing
    • Optimization of post-coordinated subtype testing