CHS 754 - Health Informatics Methods

(3 units)

Providing students with knowledge and practical skills in public health informatics, focusing on preparing, designing, developing and implementing health information systems.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. analyze the different methodological consideration and approaches when design and develop a health information system.
2. apply information technology to access, evaluate, and interpret public health data.
3. evaluate and apply basic ethical and legal principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of epidemiologic data.
4. apply the statistical software package (SAS) and MS-ACCESS to develop and manage health data systems.

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