Add medical module

[zlock55]

Clear and concise description of the problem

Would you please add medical terms in the generated data space

Suggested solution

like chemical terms you've already built it

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[github-actions]

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[ST-DDT]

Sorry, I'm not exactly sure what you are referring to.
Are you referring to chemicals (used in/being) medicine or do you want any chemicals even raw chemicals used in the production of medicine or just various names of medicines?
Do you only need the names?
What is your use case for that list?
Is it okay to have fictional names that use the common combination strategies such as Carbondioxide?

[mmorris8]

I brought this up in a meeting today. I'm working for a hospital group. I'm going to start the process of getting permission to work on something like this in my spare time and publish something. In the mean while I also need to learn the process of setting up a module.

As to items that would be in such a module, off the top of my head:

• medical degree codes (DO, MD, APN)
• diseases/conditions (COVID, Flu, Cancer) - note this one can be further broke down
• medical specialities (Urology, Radiology...)
• pharmaceuticals - (Prescription medicine names)

[matthewmayer]

You can take a look at https://dev.to/matthewmayer/leveling-up-your-custom-fake-data-with-fakerjs-3f7m for strategies on how to provide your own data when Faker doesn't have it built in.

[mmorris8]

Thanks. I will look into that for sure.

[matthewmayer]

If you do create some useful arrays of data feel free to contribute them back here. That would definitely increase the chance of this getting implemented!

Typically we would have anywhere between 10 and 1000 entries per item, and avoid getting from copyrighted sources:

https://github.com/faker-js/faker/blob/next/CONTRIBUTING.md#sourcing-data-for-definitions

[ST-DDT]

In the mean while I also need to learn the process of setting up a module.

Step 1) Explain what you need (including potential data structures) and in which context you need them

Aka do you need only the abbreviation or the full title as well? Where would you put them?
Is it standard for your field of work or just in your company. Is it for hospitals only or for other medical institutions as well? Which locales are you able to provide the data for?

Step 2) Get/Provide feedback

Step 3) Get upvotes/user interest -> get go ahead from from maintainers

Step 4) Implement, the easiest way might be copying the basics from the animal module.

[mmorris8]

Hmm..
Degree codes are international in and of themselves. There's only a handful of them, less than 50 probably, and my db only has around 30.

Most medical specialties are in Latin, so in western countries this will remain the same - i.e. "Urology" is "Urology" whether you're speaking English, German, French, and so on. There are some that have colloquial names though.

Pharmaceuticals are tricky. Most have a trademarked brand name - e.g. Tylenol - and a generic chemical name - acetaminophen. For the purposes of faker I think we can stick to the later just to be on the safe side.

Avoiding copyrighted sources entirely will be a bit of a problem. Names of certain procedures might be copyrighted or even trademarked. I'm not sure. Faker's usage is well within fair use guidelines - but that never stopped lawyers before (Exceptions in law are more worthless than used toilet paper and serve only as profit margins for lawyers).