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2026 June, Developer Training for German Speaking Countries

2026 June, Developer Training for German Speaking Countries

Meeting Details

The training is organised as a joint event across German Speaking Members of SNOMED International, more specifically Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Please see also the dedicated website of the German National Release Center:

Please note:

  • The training will be interactive with practical exercises.

  • The training will be performed virtually, and the training language is English.

  • Please make sure that you have a valid SNOMED CT affiliate licence. More information can be found here: https://www.snomed.org/get-snomed

Objective

The objective of this workshop is

  • Gain a basic understanding of SNOMED CT and its design

  • Learn how to easily deploy SNOMED CT into a FHIR Terminology Server in your local environments

  • Understand how to keep the terminology updated and how to integrate it with your applications

Agenda

Time (CET)

Item

Description

Time (CET)

Item

Description

9-12

Set up Snowstorm Lite and Import SNOMED CT

09h00

Welcome and introductions

Overview and objectives/goals of the day



Local introductions

Brief introduction from the National Release Centers

09h30

Introduction to SNOMED CT

An overview of SNOMED CT, it's structure and data model

09h50

Introduction to Snowstorm Lite

A general introduction to terminology servers including Snowstorm Lite and Snowstorm

10h00

Snowstorm Lite setup and Import of SNOMED CT

Practical exercise focusing on the setup of Snowstorm Lite in Docker and import of SNOMED CT.

  • If you have a particularly slow internet connection you may want to download the relevant SNOMED CT releases ahead of time:

    • German Edition, version 2025-11-15

    • Austrian Edition, version 2025-12-15

    • Swiss Edition, version 2025-12-15

These can be obtained through your national release center provided that you hold an Affiliate license

 

10h45

Releases and Extensions

Presentation

11h00

Search and data entry with SNOMED CT

  • Best practice principles for searching SNOMED CT

  • SNOMED CT Browser Demonstration

  • SNOMED CT UI Demonstration

12-13

Break

13-16

Use Snowstorm Lite FHIR API to access and query SNOMED CT

13h00

Accessing component and derivatives

Combined presentation and practical exercise

Accessing components (versions, descriptions, languages etc.)

14h00

Data analytics demonstration

Presentation and demonstration of data analytics scenarios in Snolytical

15h00

Using SNOMED CT expression constraints and FHIR

Practical exercises

15h30

Wrap-up and questions



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