About HSP
Gateway
to Health Informatics (G2HI)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The
G2HI course
(also
known as the AMIA i10x10 Course)
is an adaptation of
the on-line Introduction to
Biomedical and Health Informatics class currently
taught in the OHSU Biomedical and Health Informatics
Education Program. It is intended to provide a broad
overview of health informatics, highlighting the key issues
and challenges for the field.
The instructor for the course is
William Hersh, MD.
The best way to reach him is via email (hersh@ohsu.edu).
He also maintains the
Informatics Professor Blog. Teaching is done
via distance learning and uses the following modalities:
-
Voice-over-Powerpoint lectures
- The key material is delivered using the Flash plug-in,
which is freely available and already installed in
almost all Web browsers. The content is easily accessed
by connections to the Internet. MP3 and PDF
versions are also available.
-
Interactive threaded discussion
- Students engage in discussion on important issues
using the on-line bulletin board. An on-line faculty
moderator helps keep the discussion on track.
-
Reading assignments
- The course has no textbook.
Students are provided assigned readings from 2-4 key
articles or reports for each unit. Students are also
provided comprehensive lists of references for topics
covered in the lectures.
-
Homework/quizzes
- Each of the 11 units is accompanied by a 10-question
multiple-choice self-assessment that aims to have the
student apply the knowledge from the unit.
- Course Project - Students must complete a course project
to obtain the AMIA i10x10 Certificate of Completion. The goal of the
project is to identify an informatics problem in a local setting
(e.g., place of practice or work, or otherwise have access) and
propose a solution based on what is known from informatics research
and best practice. The project write-up is due one week before the
final examination. (If the student does not have access to a health
care setting, he or she can do the project in another setting, such
as a company or organization. The instructor can assist if there is
a challenge with this.) The problem and solution should be written
into a succinct 2-3 page (please no longer!) document that should
include references that justify the framing of the problem and the
proposed solutions. This is submitted in a Word document uploaded to
Sakai.
Selected students will be
asked to give a short (15-min) presentation of their project in the final
tutorial (Tutorial 2).
The on-line part of the course is accessed via
OHSU's Sakai learning management system. At the onset of the course,
each student is provided a login and password by the OHSU distance
learning staff, who also provide technical support for the course.
Students are expected to keep up with the materials and should
anticipate spending 4-8 hours per unit on the course. All on-line
activities are asynchronous, so there is no specified time that a
student must be on-line.
Students must complete all homework/quizzes, the course project,
participate in class discussions and pass the final examination to
receive the AMIA i10x10 Certificate of Completion.
Course Interaction
Two
(2) classroom-based tutorials
are
conducted
in Singapore and are intended to give participants
an opportunity to have face-to-face reviews of the Course at
various stages.
For the first tutorial,
given mid-way through the Course, Singapore-based health informatics
practitioners will be invited to conduct the sessions which
will cover practical aspects of the topics under review.
Wherever possible, experiences relevant to Singapore will be
covered.
These will include case studies to facilitate class
interaction and discussion.
The final tutorial,
at the end of the Course,
will be an intensive
half-day
in-person session that will bring Course participants and
OHSU and Singapore course faculty together to review the
Course materials, give presentation of Course projects and
share professional and working experience in health
informatics.
Please refer to
Timetable for dates of
Tutorial 1, Tutorial 2 and the final examination.
