MHI Curriculum
The MHI curriculum consists of the following educational experiences:
1. An introductory eight credit, two
semester sequence in health informatics
These two courses constitute the heart of the MHI program. They provide
an introduction to the basic concepts of the field, a review of
the application areas in the health informatics and a discussion
and review of relevant technical concepts from database design
to security and ethics.
2. A three credit course in biostatistics.
Basic statistical methods are critical to the ability to carry
out evaluations. The level of training provided by the first graduate
level, biostatistics course is sufficient to train these students
in research design and common statistical methods necessary to
meet the program’s learning outcomes and prepare them to
carry out the projects in their Capstone course.
3. Two semesters of the Health Informatics
Seminar/Journal Club.
The Health Informatics seminar is designed to bring in distinguished
outside speakers to discuss the latest developments and trends
in the applications of technology in health care. The seminar
presents the opportunity for students to be exposed to the latest
developments in health informatics and to be introduced to many
of the leaders in the field.
4. Six credit hours of technical electives.
All students will need to add to their repertory of methodological
skills beyond the minimum of required courses in order to meet
the learning outcomes required in the program. Depending on their
area of interest the program will encourage MHI students to take
additional statistics, epidemiology, health services research,
computer science, biomedical engineering or decision science courses.
Students will generally take two three-credit courses to satisfy
the component of the program.
5. Six credit hours of elective courses
in a related field.
Students enrolled in the MHI program are expected to have diverse
interests in terms of their particular areas of health informatics
in which they wish to develop expertise. These interests can range
from management of technology in a health care setting to applications
of artificial intelligence to improving the safety of drug therapy
treatments. The program provides this opportunity to further specialize
through the elective course mechanism that allows six credits
of electives.
6. Capstone Project Course.
In this course in which students will have a final opportunity
to apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills to a practical
problem in health informatics. The course is designed to accomplish
this end by addressing questions about the proper design of such
projects, reviewing past exemplar projects and then working with
students in conjunction with their advisor to design and carry
out their own project. This project can take a variety of forms
including: developing design and evaluation specifications for
software to address a specific health care need; working on, observing,
analyzing and reporting the actions of a team involved in implementing
a new information system; or observing and measuring the impact
of such a system in a health care setting. Students will submit
a written project report in lieu of a final examination.
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