The course equips the
students with the knowledge and skills to appropriately use and apply decision
support systems in healthcare
This module introduces the learners to various laws, ethical issues, and policies that govern and regulate health care provision and health informatics practice and research in the field of health.
This unit is an introduction to the discipline of Health Informatics and the scope of the program.
It covers a number of basic concepts in Health Informatics and ensures that the students from different background have the opportunity to share perceptions of Health and Medical Informatics. Particularly, The integration of health information technology (HIT) into primary care which includes a variety of electronic methods that are used to manage information about people's health and health care, for both individual patients and group of patients.
This module provides an overview of Information Technology (IT) solutions in an organizational context. It will familiarize learners with common terminologies and concepts in health, healthcare, and public health. Students will be equipped with knowledge of foundational techniques and technologies to understand key issues application in research and practice in healthcare.
Quantitative Research methods is a unit of the module entitled Research Methodology. This module covers a wide range of methods and writing techniques of research in the areas of health informatics and this range from epidemiology data, analysis and mapping to measure patient outputs following medical interventions. It also covers the advanced methodological aspects of medical application development in a digital-era. This module will equip students with knowledge and skills required for research data analysis and interpreting statistical results.
The unit of Quantitative Research Methods in this module introduces students to a range of topics. One of these topics is the foundations of scientific knowledge. this topic covers: the role of research in advancing scientific knowledge, the forms of scientific reasoning, research paradigms, characteristics of research, and types of research. The unit also helps students to uncover quantitative research as a process of investigation. Students also develop skills on developing a quantitative research proposal. Furthermore, this unit allows students to sharpen skills on data collection, analysis and research report writing techniques. in this unit, students benefits from practical exercises on using a reference management tool (Mendeley) and a software for quantitative data management and analysis (IBM SPSS). The unit also introduces students to ethical guidelines governing the research involving human subjects. Finally, this unit helps students the process of disseminating research results and drafting a journal manuscript.
This module explores key concepts of the design and operation of information technology systems that are applied at the point of clinical care.