Master of Applied Health Sciences Informatics
Applications for the class entering in September, 2010 will be accepted beginning August 20, 2009
Graduates of this intensive one year master's degree program will be prepared to take informatics leadership positions in clinical, public health, and scientific settings. Using the informatics competency task force of the CDC,we presume that the health sciences informatician should be capable of developing or leading innovative applications of information technology and information systems that address biological, clinical, or public health priorities, studying how information is organized and used, and evaluating this work to contribute to the scientific field. While such specialists may develop expertise in a given are, all health informaticians should have core competencies in informatics and in the health domain.
Admissions Requirements
Eligible students may hold a terminal degree (Master's or doctorate) in a relevant area of healthcare. Applicants holding a bachelor's degree with less than 5 years of relevant work experience in healthcare should also submit GRE scores with their application. The Admissions Committee considers the undergraduate and/or graduate academic record, statement of purpose, professional experience, letters of recommendation, results of Graduate Record Examinations (where required), and overall motivation of the individual to pursue graduate studies. Target average GPA is 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale)
Relevant areas of study or employment include but are not limited to medicine, dentistry, veterinary science, nursing, ancillary therapies, librarianship, biomedical basic science, computer science, information science, business and information technology. Those with non-healthcare educational backgrounds are expected to have worked in healthcare for a number of years. Preferred skills include demonstrated abilities at leadership and organizational-level thinking.
While technical skills are not the focus of this degree, students are required to have demonstrated before completion of the degree the ability to construct a 3-tier Web site (browser-middleware-database), comparably complex software (e.g., controller-model-view), or computer routines for manipulating and analyzing data, because experience programming enables informaticians to communicate better with their technical colleagues. This requirement is waived if such work was completed within 5 years prior to matriculation. Visit the School of Medicine's website to submit an application https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=jhu-med.
Program Requirements
The program requirements include core,selective and elective coursework,the seminar, and a capstone project. The one year full-time program of study must be completed in the twelve months following September 1 matriculation.
Core Courses
The following 6 DHSI (ME ) and 1 public health (P) core courses (21 credits) are to be taken by all students.
ME 600.707 Introduction to Public Health and Biomedical Informatics Q1
ME 600.703 Informatics Evaluation Q1
ME 600.700 Health Sciences Informatics Systems Q2
ME 600.708 Standards in Health Information Systems Q2
PH 309.86 Global Health Information Systems Q3
or
PH 221.637 Health Information Systems online Q3
ME 600.702 Health Sciences Informatics Knowledge Engineering & Decision Support Q4
Selectives
The following 5 courses (or choice of courses, for a total of 15 credits) must be taken or placed out.
a) Informatics and budgeting
770.600 IT Budget and Financial Management (B)
b) Informatics and organizational strategy
770.627 IT Strategic and Change Management (B)
c) Project management
770.618 (B) Project Management for Information Systems or
600.201 (E) IT Project Management or
595.460 (W) Introduction to Project Management
d) Organizational behavior
312.615 (P) Organizational Behavior and Management or
761.731 (S) Management and Organizational Behavior
e) Domain Informatics
Each student commits to a domain track with an obligation for 1 of the following 3 courses.
600.709 (ME) Clinical Computing
Or
221.637 (PH) Health Information Systems
Or
800.707 (ME) Introduction to Bioinformatics
Or
309.640 (PH) Informatics for Public Health Q3
Or
221.XX (PH) Global eHealth Q3
Or
600.710 (ME) Biosurveillance Q4
Or
XXX.XX (PH) Population Health Informatics Q4
Elective and Enabling Courses
A wide variety of relevant courses are available, to amount to 18 credits. Course selections will be approved by the Program Director and should be consistent with the study plan as outlined in the student's learning contract. (see ME 600.707 Introduction to Public Health and Biomedical Informatics course description). Electives are divided into the following categories: Expertise, Methodology, Informatics, Computer science, Communication, Business, Evaluation, and Domain. Examples are provided in Section XI, Notes, B.
ME 600.803 HSI Grand Rounds (seminar)
A weekly seminar for students, faculty, and invited guests to present ongoing research and work in informatics. The weekly schedule is listed at http://dhsi.med.jhmi.edu
Attendance at 90% or more of DHSI Grand Rounds presentations is required.
The Capstone Project
ME 600.808 Health Sciences Informatics Capstone
The purpose of the Capstone is to provide students an opportunity to
- Demonstrate the ability to translate competencies established in classes and in prior experience into a real-world setting
- Enlarge their portfolio of completed documents or projects
The Capstone Project will generally last at least 2 quarters. Students will join an active work group, supervised directly or indirectly by the practicum preceptor. The student will be responsible for spending about 20% of his/her time at the Capstone site, with the specific timing to be negotiated with the practicum preceptor. Attendance may include attending project and staff meetings, as well as front-line activity, such as working with clients.
The student is responsible for submitting a Capstone report to the Director within 2 weeks of completing the project. The final report shall document attendance, how (or whether) the learning objectives were met, and shall include the report generated for the preceptor. A presentation will be made of the final report at a Capstone Presentation Seminar, with students, faculty, and capstone preceptors in attendance.
Master of Applied Health Sciences Informatics
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Required |
ME 600.700 Systems ME 600.708 Standards |
ME 600.705 Security | |||
Electives |
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DHSI Grand Rounds |
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ME 600.808 Capstone Presentation | ||||