Contemporary Issues in Health Informatics

Post Graduate Short Courses delivered by Off Campus Distributed Learning

Based on the highly successful Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics, Health Informatics Education, the Faculty of Medicine is offering a series of short courses. Each course aims to educate health professionals who envision the potential benefits of computers and want to work at the interface of technology and society in the area of healthcare and its delivery. Each course is offered over a five week period.

Course 1: Trends in Health Care
Evidence Based Medicine, Patient Centered Information Systems, Policy and Confidentiality, New and Emerging Technologies and Aged Care.

Course 2: Evaluation Methodologies
Introduction to Evaluation, Qualitative Research, Qualitative Evaluation and Formative Evaluation.

Course 3: Internet Technologies
History and Development, Current Status, Major Themes, Relevance to Healthcare Systems, Likely Futures, Societal Framework/Impact, Continuing Education for Health Professionals.

Credit Points:
For each course completed, health professionals will be awarded a certificate stating their satisfactory performance with recognised credit points towards the Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics (further details are available at: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/informatics/gradcert/).

Cost:
Each course attracts a fee of AUD$500.00 (Australian and New Zealand citizens) For overseas students each course attracts a fee of AUD$700.00.