Curriculum
The MSHI curriculum is based on the following 10 foundational domains determined by the American Medical Informatics Association that are components of competencies by which graduates from applied health informatics programs can be assessed for competence at the time of graduation.
Foundational Domains
- F1: Health
The background knowledge of the history, goals, methods, and current challenges of the major health sciences, including human biology, genomics, clinical and translational science, healthcare delivery, personal health, and public health.
- F2: Information Science and Technology
The background knowledge of the concepts, terminology, methods, and tools of information science and technology for managing and analyzing data, information, and knowledge.
- F3: Social and Behavioral Science
The background knowledge of the effects of social, behavioral, legal, psychological, management, cognitive, and economic theories, methods, and models applicable to health informatics from multiple levels including individual, social group, and society.
- F4: Health Information Science and Technology
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes to use concepts and tools for managing and analyzing biomedical and health data, information, and knowledge. Key foci include systems design and development, standards, integration, interoperability, and protection of biomedical and health information.
- F5: Human Factors and Socio-technical Systems
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes to apply social behavioral theories and human factors engineering to better understand the interaction between users and information technologies within the organizational, social, and physical contexts of their lives, and apply this understanding in information system design.
- F6: Social and Behavioral Aspects of Health
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes to use social determinants of health and patient-generated data to analyze problems arising from health or disease, to recognize the implications of these problems on daily activities, and to recognize and/or develop practical solutions to managing these problems.
- F7: Social, Behavioral, and Information Science and Technology Applied to Health
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes to apply the diverse foundational concepts and facets in order to develop integrative approaches to the design, implementation, and evaluation of health informatics solutions.
- F8: Professionalism
The conduct that reflects the aims or qualities that characterize a professional person, encompassing especially a defined body of knowledge and skills and their lifelong maintenance as well as adherence to an ethical code.
- F9: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
Behavior that reflects the foundations of values/ethics, roles/responsibilities, interprofessional communication practices, and interprofessional teamwork for team-based practice.
- F10: Leadership
Behavior that demonstrates the following characteristics: credibility, honesty, competence, ability to inspire, and ability to formulate and communicate a vision.
