This track is targeted to students currently working in health care with a two-year degree in a health care related field, possibly with no formal training in information technology (IT) and to those students holding a two-year degree related to any area of health information systems, or the equivalent. Students in this track have an interest in becoming more involved in IT-related projects or IT decision-making in their organizations. The track covers basic computer programming and database systems to prepare students to deploy new software tools to meet the needs of a clinical practice or administration. In addition, emerging trends in medical informatics are covered in the context of providing practical and up-to-date examples of technologies that have the potential to significantly improve communication, patient safety, and quality of care in health care and/or public health arenas.

For additional information on this specialization, please contact: medicalinformatics@uwf.edu

						TERM		           CREDIT
  COURSE	TITLE				OFFERED	    	FORMAT	   HOURS

CGS 3464	Prog Using Visual Basic		Fa, Sp, Su	MC/ONLINE    3
COP 3813	Internet Programming		Sp		ONLINE	     3
COP 4710	Database Systems		Fa, Sp, Su	ONLINE	     3
CGS 3604	Applications of Info. Tech.	Fa, Sp, Su	ONLINE	     3
COP 2253	Programming Using JAVA		Fa, Sp, Su	MC/ONLINE    3
CEN 3031	Software Engineering I		Fa			     3
HSA 4192	Intro to Medical Informatics	Fa, Sp		ONLINE	     3
HSA 4193	Electronic Clinical
		Record Systems			Su		ONLINE	     3
HSA 4990
(for HSA 4511)	Advanced Topics Info Technology	Sp		ONLINE	     3

Choose two of the following:						     6
CGS 3183	Web Design for E-Commerce	Sp		ONLINE
CEN 4721	Human-Computer Interaction	Sp		ONLINE
COP 2830	Script Programming		Fa, Sp		MC

		Upper level approved electives			     	     9

							     TOTAL HOURS    42