185688 Curriculum Analysis on Public Health Informatics Degree, Certificate, and Training Programs

Monday, October 27, 2008: 1:10 PM

Jiunn-Jye Sheu, PhD, MSPH , Department of Health Education & Behavior, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Chung-Bang Weng, MSCS, MA , Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Public health informatics training programs provided by higher education institutes were explored and their curriculum were analyzed. Reviewed training programs include doctoral degree, master's degree, postdoctoral, fellowship, and certificate programs. The credit hours, title of courses, duration of study, practicum requirements were identified from their graduate catelogs or program introduction through web search.

External funding resources for public health informatics programs are from National Library of Medicine, Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of the programs are named medical, biomedical, healthcare informatics or under College of Medicine. Besides, School of Public Health, School of Health Information Sciences, and interdisplininary units offer training programs. Suggestions in relation to the public health informatics competencies are offered to closely associate with the training program goals.

Learning Objectives:
The audiences will be able to learn: 1. the academic units providing degree program closely relate to public health informatics 2. the curriculum features of the academic programs offering public health informatics degrees

Keywords: Public Health Informatics, Curricula

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I conducted this project.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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