Course Information

As a capstone course, students will integrate their professional practice experiences with emerging health informatics professional practice issues, culminating in presentation of their final research project. Students will use situations from their professional practice experiences to discuss and integrate various ethical dilemmas, legal issues and emerging issues. Topics may include professional roles, professional development, human resource management, ethics, regulation and accreditation issues, balancing resources, risk management, healthcare reform, the national health information network and many others. Students will explore their own contribution(s) to the profession and develop professional goals.