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Gateway to Health Informatics (G2HI)

TIME-TABLE

 

Week
starting

Unit

Topic

Duration
(in hrs)

 

13 Feb 2012
 

 

1

 

Overview of Field and Problems Motivating It

 

3


20 Feb 2012
 

 

2

 

Biomedical Computing

 

3


27 Feb 2012
 

 

3

 

Electronic and Personal Health Records (EHR, PHR)

 

3


5 Mar 2012
 

 

 

Free week to work on assignments

 


12 Mar 2012
 

 

4

 

Standards and Interoperability; Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security

 

3


19 Mar 2012
 

 

5

 

Meaningful Use of the EHR

 

 

3


26 Mar 2012

 

 

6

 

EHR Implementation and Evaluation

 

3


2 Apr 2012
 

 

 

Free week to work on assignments

 


2 Apr 2012


 

 

 

Tutorial I (conducted by Singapore health informatics practitioners)

 

4


9 Apr 2012
 

 

7

 

Evidence-Based Medicine

 

3


16 Apr 2012
 

 

8

 

Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries

 

3


23 Apr 2012
 

 

9

 

Imaging Informatics and Telemedicine

 

3


30 Apr 2012
 

 

 

Free week to work on assignments & Course Project

 


7 May 2012
 

 

10

 

Translational Bioinformatics

 

3


14 May 2012
 

 

11

 

Organizational and Management Issues in Informatics

 

3


21 May 2012
 

 

 

Free week to work on assignments & Course Project

 

 


28 May 2012

 

 

 

 

End-Course Tutorial and Course Project Presentation by students (conducted by OHSU & Singapore tutors)

 

4

 

29 May 2012
 

 

 

Final Examination (written & open-book)
 

 

3

 


Tutorial I (to be conducted by Singapore health informatics practitioners) will be held at the NTU Executive Centre @ One North on Monday, 2
April 2012.


Tutorial II (to be conducted by OHSU and Singapore faculty) and Course Project Presentations by students will also be held at the NTU Executive Centre @ One North on Monday, 28 May 2012

 

In terms of hours, the breakdown is as follows:
 

Activity

Duration (in hours)

Contact hours (lectures, tutorials, final examination)

48

Course Project Work (estimated)

40

Course Readings (estimated)

40

Total Duration of Course (in hours)

128

 

The Course Project is due 1 week before the final examination.
 

The Final Examination which is a 3-hour, written and open-book examination, will be held at the NTU Executive Centre @ One North on Tuesday, 29 May 2012.


EVALUATION

Student grading is based on the following:

  • On-line multiple-choice homework assignments - 30%
  • Course project - 30%
  • Class participation – 10%
  • Final examination (written) - 30%


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