Health Sciences

School of Public Health

Health Information Management

Career of the Future - commencing in 2010

Master of Health Information Management

• Graduate-entry Master degree
• 2 years full-time (or part-time equivalent)

Graduates will help to meet the very pressing demand across the health sector for experts in all areas of Health Information Management including:

• Casemix and health classification
• Management of health information systems
• Health informatics
• Analysis of health data
• Research using health information

Who can apply?
Graduates of health disciplines such as medicine, nursing, biomedical science, and the allied health professions are invited to apply.

Graduates of non-health disciplines, eg computer science, teaching, arts and business are also encouraged to apply as this career offers a broad range of career opportunities.

What's involved?
This is a complex course and in order to provide a smooth transition into the Master degree, successful applicants will undertake a short, introductory 'Summer' or 'Winter' bridging course, depending on their academic background.

This Master degree includes excellent opportunities for 'hands-on' practical placement experience in health information management work environments across the health sector.

La Trobe Health Information Management has a reputation for rigorous academic teaching and for producing highly capable graduates with excellent practical skills for the rapidly changing healthcare workplace.

Very high achieving students will be invited to undertake a Master (Honours) degree; this takes an additional 6 months.

How to Apply for 2010
Applicants must apply through VTAC and refer to the VTAC Guide for entry details.

International students
If you're an international student, you will be qualified to return to your home country after completing the two-year Master degree, and achieve a substantial health information management role in a hospital, health service, health-related research centre or government health department.

La Trobe Health Information Management graduates are highly sought after nationally and worldwide.

Enquiries: healthinfo@latrobe.edu.au