title: PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATABASES FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION.
abstract: The collaboration of public health education and information technology has made patient care safer and more reliable than before. Nurses and doctors use handheld computers to record a patient's medical history and check that they are administering the correct treatment. Fortunately Public Health Informatics (PHI) is the intersecting point of technology and public health. Therefore, the inclusion of online medical and epidemiology databases in the course curriculum of budding medical professionals and postgraduate students would be beneficial in enhancing the quality of health care, extensive epidemiological research, health education, health policies, health planning and consumer satisfaction as well. The purpose of this article is to discuss and provide introduction of various databases which have huge information and it could be used to enhance the public health education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Information Management, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Buraydah Colleges, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Qazi Mohammad Sajid
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Information Management, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Buraydah Colleges, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mughees Uddin
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Buraydah Colleges, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammad Abdulrahman
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alzohairy
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Buraydah Colleges, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammed Abdullah
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Al Karaawi
keywords: Databases; Information Technology; Public Health Education; Public Health Informatics