I 320M: Topics in Health Informatics: Consumer Health Informatics

Fall Term 2023
Mode: In Person
Instructor
Program: Undergraduate
Unique ID
28385
Day Start End Building Room
  • Monday
  • Wednesday
  • 09:30 AM
  • 09:30 AM
  • 11:00 AM
  • 11:00 AM
  • SZB
  • SZB
  • 2.814
  • 2.814

Catalog Description

Overview of public health and the information systems used to achieve public health goals. This course is divided into three parts: (1) overview of public health, (2) fundamentals of public health informatics, and (3) public health information systems.

Instructor Description

The course is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in understanding, analyzing, designing, evaluating, or developing technologies to serve the health needs of general consumers. It covers the concept of consumer health informatics, health behavior theories, health information seeking and information retrieval, various forms of consumer health systems, and the design and evaluation of such systems.

Prerequisites

Upper-division standing and Informatics 310M.

Restrictions

Restricted to undergraduate Informatics majors through registration period 1. Informatics minors may add classes and join waitlists beginning in period 2. Outside students will be permitted to join our waitlists beginning with period 3.