Public Health Informatics Certificate Program
Note: This certificate program may be completed entirely online
OVERVIEW
The goal of the Public Health Informatics (PHI) Certificate Program is to offer grounding in methods and concepts of health informatics and health information technology for application to public health and population health. It is designed for current and future public health professionals who wish to develop PHI expertise or specialization to work in policy or management.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After completion of the certificate program, students will be able to:
- Articulate strategic direction for public health informatics within an organization;
- Match data standards to their proper use;
- Identify knowledge, information, and data needs of a project or program users and stakeholders;
- Describe information system development, procurement, and implementation that meets public health program needs;
- Evaluate information systems and applications;
- Recognize use of informatics to integrate clinical health, environmental risk, and population health; and
- Implement solutions that assure confidentiality, security, and integrity while maximizing availability of information for public health.
ADMISSIONS
Students should refer to the certificate program page on the Bloomberg School of Public Health website for full information about the certificate admissions process, requirements and deadlines, as well as contact information for the program.
Sponsoring Department
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
The certificate program requires a minimum of 18 term credits. All required and elective courses must be taken for a letter grade and a 2.75 or better overall GPA for all certificate courses is required. The certificate program length is flexible; it varies from student to student; however, the certificate must be completed within three years.
The student should review the section of the website that addresses completion before completing certificate program requirements. The student's transcripts will not indicate that the certificate was earned until the Notification of Completion has been submitted, verified by the certificate program, and processed by the Registrar.
COURSE OF STUDY
Students should check the BSPH course directory to confirm when the courses are offered. Students should also check for prerequisites and whether instructor consent is required.
Please note that although course number 221.649 Introduction to Digital Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is no longer offered, certificate students who completed the course previously as part of their certificate program may count it as an elective course towards the total number of credits.
Code | Title | Credits |
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PH.550.860 | Academic & Research Ethics at BSPH (All students are required to complete this noncredit course in their first term of study; course is typically offered online in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th terms, as well as Summer, and Summer and Winter Institute ) | |
Required Courses: 309.631 and EITHER 312.633 or ME.250.953 | ||
PH.309.631 | Population Health Informatics (course is typically offered online in 2nd term) | 3 |
PH.312.633 | Health Management Information Systems (course is typically offered online in term 3) | 3 |
ME.250.953 | Introduction to Public Health and Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
Elective Options (12 academic credits) | ||
PH.221.637 | Health Information Systems (course is typically offered online in term 2) | 3 |
PH.309.635 | Population Health: Analytic Methods and Visualization Techniques (course is typically offered online in term 4) | 3 |
ME.250.750 | Health Information Systems: Design to Deployment | 3 |
ME.250.777 | Clinical Decision Analysis | 3 |
ME.250.778 | Implementing Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources | 3 |
ME.250.782 | Observational Health Research Methods on Medical Records | 3 |
ME.250.901 | HSI: Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support | 3 |
ME.250.952 | Leading Change Through Health IT | 3 |
ME.600.907 | Database Querying in Health | 3 |
Students may complete no more than 2 of the following GIS courses | ||
PH.340.696 | Spatial Analysis I: ArcGIS (course is typically offered onsite and online in 1st term) | 3 |
PH.340.697 | Spatial Analysis II: Spatial Data Technologies (course is typically offered online in 2nd term) | 2 |
PH.340.701 | Epidemiologic Applications of Gis (course is typically offered online in 3rd term and Summer Institute) | 2 |