This course offers an introduction to health informatics, the emerging field dedicated to the optimal use of data, information, and knowledge to advance individual health, health care, public health, and other health-related research and practice. Students will learn to apply informatics skills and knowledge to health-related problems as well as gain an understanding of key definitions and theories that undergird the advancement of this rapidly changing field. Applications will include sample data analysis and visualization of clinical and population-level data, answering clinical and public health questions using data extraction and retrieval methods, and conducting simple association and spatial analysis. Class learning approaches will include journal club discussions, hands-on modules, individual and team assignments as well as guest speakers.
Health Informatics
Course Performance Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
• Develop knowledge about problems and challenges that health informatics addresses.
• Apply basic knowledge to the research and practice of health informatics.
• Demonstrate basic skills and knowledge in health informatics for application in future healthrelated careers.
• Demonstrate ability to ask, search for information, and answer health-related questions with credible data.
• Perform visualization and simple analysis of a data set.
• Analyze ethical and diversity challenges in health informatics.
• Critically assess the effectiveness of telemedicine and technology in the delivery of health care.