HEALTH INFORMATICS B

HIM3HIB

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

The focus oft his subject is the design, management, extraction and integration of health data. You will gain practical skills in developing and maintaining fully relational health databases and in using national health data standards and models. Specialised products and report-writing packages applicable to the health field, will be taught. Theoretical and logical principles of health database and system administration will be introduced, including data warehousing and linkage and the application of meta data for health care client and provider identification. The subject enables students to identify significant institutions and stakeholders in the health IT industry and introduces them to new directions in health informatics. Eliminate reference to out dated software products, to allow subject to keep up with changing industry demands.

School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Dennis Wollersheim

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

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Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

New perspectives on Microsoft Access 2010: comprehensive

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Joseph J. Adamski, Kathleen T. Finnegan

Year: 2011

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Publisher: Course Technology

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Apply national health data standards and models for data storage design

02. Manipulate health data in spreadsheet formats.

03. Construct, enter data, and build queries and reports in a current database.

04. Apply basic database design principles to database construction

05. Summarise and extract data from aggregated morbidity and healthcare administrative data from Department of Health state-/territory-wide or national morbidity datasets.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Dennis Wollersheim

Class requirements

Computer LaboratoryWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours computer laboratory per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Create a health database - Assignment 1, 1200 words equivalent	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
Create Health Database Reports - Assignment 2, 1200 words equivalent	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
Final Examination - two hours	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

Sydney, 2020, Study period 2, Day