Health informatics courses outside of the USA

1. Perspective on
International
Undergraduate Health
and Biomedical
Informatics Programs
Glynda Doyle, RN, MSN
British Columbia Institute of
Technology, BC, Canada
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2. Disclaimer:
This presentation includes examples of
undergraduate programs and courses
from around the world. It is by no means
a comprehensive representation.

3. Dalhousie University, Canada
Undergraduate Medical Program (2009)
“ Develop a longitudinal programme in
Medical Informatics that is interwoven
into the curriculum and focuses on
Medical Informatics principles rather
than specific applications. The
programme should be facilitated by
faculty with some expertise in Medical
Informatics. ”
http://symposium.medicine.dal.ca/documents/EnvironmentalScan.pdf
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4. Australian Govt: Advancing
eHealth Education for the Clinical
Health Professions (2014)
“ In Australia, very few educational
providers in the health professions had
developed a systematic approach to
teach, assess, evaluate or audit this
aspect of professional education, and
relevant curriculum initiatives were not
widely known.”
Gray, K, Dattakumar, A, Maeder, A, Butler-Henderson, K & Chenery, H 2014, Advancing ehealth education for the
clinical health professions. Office for Learning and Teaching, Sydney

5. Canadian Programs
² University of Waterloo, Ontario
² York University, Toronto
² Dalhousie, Nova Scotia
² Athabasca University, Alberta
² University of Victoria, Victoria
² University of British Columbia, Vancouver
² Ryerson University, Ontario
² Conestoga College, Ontario

6. Beyond North America
² University of Tasmania, Australia
² University of Leeds, England
² Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
² University of Heidelberg, Germany
² Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
² eHCF School of Medical Informatics, India

7. Examples of other programs
✴ TIGER Initiative
✴ Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing :
Nursing Informatics Teaching Toolkit
✴ National Institute of HI (NIHI), Ontario
✴ Health Informatics Online, UK
✴ Informatics for Pharmacy Students
✴ Health Informatics Online, MOOC
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8. Impressions:
² Predominantly Masters and Doctoral
² Varied delivery methods
² Sea of information
² Terminology and language challenges
² Manifestations tend to be eHealth, digital
health, telehealth specific
² Resource challenges
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9. Themes
✴ Challenge of threading informatics
through curriculum
✴ Reputable
✴ Introductory
✴ Interprofessional
✴ Individual Modules or full course
✴ Open access
✴ Case studies (pre-med/nursing/allied
health)