Medical Informatics Track students should: (offered by UP College of Medicine) 1. be in residence for at least one full academic year Medical Informatics deals with organization and immediately prior to the awarding of the degree management of information in support of patient 2. Have completed a minimum of 31 units of formal COLLEGE OF MEDICINE courses (10 units of core courses, 10 units of major care, education, research and administration. It University of the Philippines Manila covers a wide area of the health informatics and 3 elective courses (6 units) 3. Have a weighted average of 2.00 or better in the discipline from the fetus to the geriatric patient. It major/required courses and an overall weighted involves the study of information systems in average of 2.00 or better, provided there is no clinics, laboratories, health centers, hospitals and grade of 5.00 in any of the courses. MASTER OF SCIENCE other health facilities involved in the management 4. Have successfully defended a master’s thesis IN HEALTH of patient data. Graduation requirements INFORMATICS (MSHI) The graduates of medical informatics track are students should: Medical Informatics expected to be high-level analysts who can perceive various scenarios and analyze them in the Track context of building systematic information 1. Be in residence for at least one full academic year immediately prior to the awarding of the degree solutions to existing problems. They will have the 2. Have completed a minimum of 37 units of formal necessary components of an information system courses (15 units of core courses, 10 units of major Offered by including hardware, software, data, networks, and 6 elective courses (12 units) UP College of Medicine processes and human resource management. 3. Have a weighted average of 2.00 or better in the major/required courses and an overall weighted OBJECTIVES: average of 2.00 or better, provided there is no grade The proposed training program is designed to of 5.00 in any of the courses. Contact : provide prospective leaders in Health Informatics 4. Have passed the Master’s Comprehensive Examination Medical Informatics Unit with competencies in Health Informatics such that at Address : the end of the program, the students will be able to: Center of Excellence in Community 1. apply informatics concepts, skills and principles for the efficient, effective and strategic solution Oriented Medical Education of health problems; G/F Dr. Paz Mendoza Bldg., UP College 2. provide perspectives in health informatics that of Medicine, P. Gil St., Manila can be used in the critical study of all levels of Tel No. : (632)522-9231 health information systems; Email : alvin.marcelo@gmail.com 3. plan, undertake, evaluate and monitor health informatics research projects; and 4. provide technical services to health National Graduate Office professionals and agencies, both public and University of the Philippines Manila private, concerned with management of information. This could be the bases for health 2/f Old Neda Bldg., P. Faura St., Manila policy formulation, thereby providing leadership Tel. No. (632)526-5870 and excellence in health informatics. STUDY PLAN MI 224 ( Coding, Classification and Terminology in Prerequisite : HI 201 Credit : 2 units lecture Year I Medicine) 1st semester 2nd semester Course description : Electives/Cognates HI 201 3 MI 207 2 Systematic organization of health concepts with focus MI 219 (Datawarehousing in Medicine) HI 210 3 MI 224 2 on existing standards and implementations Course description : MI 216 2 Elective I 2-3 Prerequisite : HI 210 Credit : 2 units lecture Specialized modeling techniques for the development HI 271 1 Elective II 2-3 and management of large medical databases Total 9 HI 299 2 HI 299 (Research Methods in Health Informatics) Prerequisite : consent of instructor Total 10-12 Course description : Credit : 1 unit lecture, 1 unit laboratory Year I (1st sem) Concepts and principles of research in health information management MI 250 (Business Aspects of Medical Informatics) HI 201 (Health Informatics) Prerequisite : HI 201 Credit : 2 units lecture Course description : Course description : Business models, marketing and management in clinical Spectrum of health informatics domains in the Year II information systems Philippine healthcare situation 1st semester 2nd semester Prerequisite : Consent of instructor Prerequisite : none Credit : 3 units lecture MI 227 3 MI 300 6 Credit : 2 units lecture MI 238 2 HI 210 (Systems Analysis and Design in Health) MI 239 2 MI 295 (Special Topic in Medical Informatics) Course description : Elective III 2-3 Prerequisite : Consent of instructor Interactions between the components of a health HI 298 1 Credit : 3 units lecture information system: hardware, software, data, network, Total 10-11 and people including the impact of an imbalance among Thesis the components of the whole system Year II (1st sem) MI 300 (Master’s Thesis) Co-requisite : HI 201 Credit : 3 units lecture Credit : 6 units MI 227 (Clinical and Laboratory Information Systems) MI 216 (Data Modeling and Design for Health) Course description : Design and development of clinical and laboratory in- ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Course description: Practical course in transforming clinical concepts into formation systems appropriate in the local setting Prerequisites : HI 210, MI 224 or consent of instructor To be admitted to the program, applicants must: actual data models and into databases 1. Fulfill general admission requirements of the Prerequisite : none Credit : 2 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory National Graduate Office of UP Manila Credit : 2 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory 2. Applicants must be a health practitioner MI 238 (Internet Technologies in Medical Practice) Course description : (MD, RN,DDM, med tech, etc) HI 271 (Ethical and Social Issues in Health 3. Have high scholastic ability and potential for Applications of existing and emerging web-based Informatics) postgraduate studies technologies to health Course description : 4. Have the capability for self-directed learning Prerequisite : HI 210 Issues in privacy, confidentiality and security of health Credit : 1 unit lecture, 1 unit laboratory information. Additional requirement for foreign applicants: Prerequisite : none Credit : 1 unit lecture MI 239 (Primary Health Care Informatics) Course description : 1. Affidavit of support or certificate of financial Year I (2nd sem) Issues related to the collection, processing and presen- capability tation of data in a community setting 2. TOEFL score of at least 500 (if English is not the MI 207 (Organization and Management in Health Prerequisite : Consent of instructor medium of instruction in the country of origin) Informatics) Credit : 2 units lecture 3. Photocopy of the passport (original) to be presented Course description : for verification Management and Leadership in Health Information HI 298 (Seminar in Health Informatics) 4. Student visa to be issued by Philippine government Systems Course description : Prerequisite : HI 210 Credit : 2 units lecture Concepts and principles of research in health information management