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Programming- Why it is necessary for the medical professionals?

Programming, a vast sector which remained in demand from the time it was introduced till now and will always be in demand. The main reason for this is that programming actually gives shape to our thoughts in the form of program. Today, we have programs for each and every thing. May it be e-commerce, e-trading, entertainment, photography, cinema, video editing tools, online food apps, online learning, data analysis, artificial intelligence and what not. You name it, you will see that every field today requires computer programs to operate.

So, possessing the working knowledge of programming actually allows you to know how the programs of your particular field works. You can introduce your innovation and improvise the programs. In todays world, its something which everyone should at least know.

I am in the medicine profession so; I am going to talk about the importance of programs and programming in my field.

IMPORTANCE OF PROGRAMMING IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINES


We are in the era where many of our work which we used to do manually have been converted into automatic. Mainly the handling of Data, analysis of the data and take out some sort of result out of it.

For example, let’s take few examples: -

·         Determination of pH by using a titrimetric method. Conventionally we do it manually, but now a days we have auto titrators which after performing the titration gives the neutralizing point along with all the Ph value all calculated buy the program. So, this definitely reduces the work load and also increases the efficiency by removing the human errors.

·         Many other examples are there like ease of billing and automatic stock management systems. Patient history keeping, personalized medicines by using A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) and many more.

·         For drug discovery we can take a lead molecule and use software to predict its property and which properties to be altered or which sidechains to introduce to optimize it.

 

How to start?

There are so many programming languages you have listened about but which one to choose? Tough question huh. Don’t worry I am going to tell you about it.

For beginning I prefer PYTHON because it’s a language with lowest difficulty level and you would be amazed to know that it’s the most famous high-level language which is used in todays era. And for the medicine related professionals which mainly requires data analysis or machine language learning for A.I. it’s a gold mine. Also knowing one language will make it easy for you to transit in different languages very easily. Even the websites like Google and YouTube also uses PYTHON.

So, at least try to learn the basics and if you get interested it will be really an added benefit to you, for your resume. And a little extra is never a harm.

 

Where to start?

For basics I would suggest don’t go for any paid course. Start researching about it on YouTube.

 And if you want a certificate for basics I you have to options: -

1.       Go to the Swayam Portal of Indian Government where you are getting a free certification course for Python from IIT BOMBAY.

2.       Go to the Edx.com website where you would get a free course from Harvard University and a paid certificate (optional).

 

-          By CuriositySeeker

 

 


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