Health Informatics - Learning Assessment Worksheet 1. Please

Health Informatics

Learning Assessment Worksheet

1. Please describe your program’s specific learning goals (list as many as appropriate;

use 1-2 sentences to describe each):

Goals of the Graduate Program in Health Informatics

To produce trainees who are:

a. Knowledgeable of

primary domains, theoretical frameworks, and standards applied in

health informatics.

b. Able to describe the complexities of clinical workflow, reimbursement, and health

information technology use in healthcare.

c. Able to design and conduct descriptive and inferential statistical analyses and

predictive modeling of biomedical data sets using appropriate software.

d. Able to design and critically appraise research or evaluation studies of health

informatics innovations.

e. Able to manage health data in relational databases and non-relational formats.

f. Able to develop and succeed in cross-disciplinary teams to pursue common projects.

g. Aware of issues and best practices in the responsible conduct of research and human

subjects research.

h. Able to present health informatics operational projects and research in a public forum,

orally and in writing.

2. Does your program have a process in place to assess whether the students meet the

defined learning goals? If so, please describe this learning assessment process,

including who is involved, frequency of the assessment, and how the information is

used:

Our learning assessment is comprised of successful completion of coursework, written exams,

and papers within 1-2 years in the program. All students defend a final presentation of Capstone

Project findings to Program Directors in the final term of studies. Program Directors and staff

review student academic status at the end of every term to determine satisfactory academic

progress is being met and that the defined learning goals are being reached. The education

curriculum committee conducts a final audit of the student at the end of the final term to confirm

that all requirements have been met before the Master’s degree is awarded.

3. Does your program currently systematically collect, store, and/or use for learning

assessment at the program level any of the following outcome measures:

Collect

systematically

(Y/N)

Electronically

or paper stored

(E/P)

Use for learning

assessment

(Y/N)

Direct measures:

• Results of exams/tests for

individual courses

Y E Y

• Number of student

publications and abstracts

Y E Y

• Quality of students’

Y P Y

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presentation skills

• Program metrics (eg, time to

degree, completion rates)

Y E Program

assessment, Y

• Other (please describe):

Indirect measures:

• Student feedback

o Student surveys Y E Y

o Focus groups N N N

o Exit interviews Y E Y

• Alumni survey

Y E Y

• Career tracking

Y E Y

• Other (please describe):

4. Does your program regularly review and adjust (1) the program’s specific learning

goals, and/or (2) the manner in which outcomes are measured and how the

information is used? If so, please describe how this is done:

1. Informal discussions throughout the year with departmental faculty. These discussions typically

involve how to achieve the learning goals, especially keeping the course topics and material

current and course resources up to date.

2. Annual meetings are held via the Curriculum Committee Meeting to track student progress and

ality of Health Informatics courses.

3. Advisory Board meetings are regularly held with nationally recognized representatives from

academia and industry leaders in the field of Health Informatics. These meetings involve

presenting curriculum and seeking feedback.

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