Cognitive Science and Biomedical Informatics

After reading this chapter, you should know the answers to these questions: •  How can cognitive science theory meaningfully inform and shape design, development and assessment of health care information systems? •  What are some of the ways in which cognitive science differs from behavioral science? •  What are some of the ways in which we can characterize the structure of knowledge? •  What are the basic components of a cognitive architecture? •  What are some of the dimensions of difference between experts and novices? •  Describe some of the attributes of system usability. •  What are the gulfs of execution and evaluation? What role do these considerations play in system design? •  What is the difference between a textbase and a situation model? •  How can we use cognitive methods to develop and implement clinical practice guidelines for different kinds of clinicians?