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The certificate program of study consists of two components:
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Five public health informatics courses
- An integrative paper.
Students would normally complete the requirements for the certificate in eighteen months by taking one course a semester.
Course Descriptions
HPA 437— Health Care Data (3 sh) Review of fundamentals constituting a health care information system. How data is transformed into information and then again transformed into knowledge through integrated computer systems.
HPA 465 — Health Information and Decision Support Systems (4 sh) Introduction to public health informatics; computer-assisted management information and decision support systems in healthcare organizations; planning, analysis, development and evaluation of information systems; design of databases; data and information flow; reports creation; and uses of microcomputers.
HPA 563 — WEB-Based Public Health Informatics (4 sh) Examination of web-based applications in public health practice and factors in the design of web-based public health education and database systems.
HPA 564 — Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Public Health (3 sh) Examination of GIS applications in Public Health and the process of designing a GIS based public health investigation.
HPA 565 — Data Mining in Public Health (3 sh) Review of strategic decision systems and an introduction to the theory and practice of data mining in public health. Case studies in public health data mining will be assessed.
To earn the Certificate, students must maintain a 3.0 (out of 4.0) cumulative average for all certificate program courses.
UIC provides online registration, academic counseling and library services. Online orientations to the UIC Internet-based course delivery systems, Blackboard and WebBoard, are provided as well as telephone and online technical support to help you easily become accustomed to distance learning tools and techniques. Faculty advisers are readily available during telephone office hours or through email to answer any questions.
