Master of Health Informatics
Description
Advance your career as a health professional
The Master of Health Informatics (MHI) program is designed for professionals with backgrounds in public health and/or health care who require more knowledge about computer science and health informatics.
Graduates can use this knowledge to identify, design and manage informatics solutions relevant to health and health systems.
Program overview
- Designed for professionals with backgrounds in public health and/or health care: professionals who require more knowledge about computer science and health informatics in order to identify, design and manage informatics solutions relevant to health and health systems.
- You will learn from faculty who lead research in public health sciences and public health intervention design and evaluation.
- Through the experiential learning of a practicum position, you will experience what it is like to use the knowledge, tools, and skills learned in the MHI Program in a real public health setting.
- The MHI program is flexible for the working professional and is completed online as a part-time or full-time student.
Offered online
The Master of Health Evaluation program provides flexibility for the working professional and can be completed in 16 months to four years. It also features a four-month professional experience component.
The program information below is valid for the spring 2023 term (May 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023).
The Graduate Studies Academic Calendar is updated 3 times per year, at the start of each academic term (January 1, May 1, September 1). Graduate Studies Academic Calendars from previous terms can be found in the archives.
Students are responsible for reviewing the general information and regulations section of the Graduate Studies Academic Calendar.
Program information
- Admit term(s: Fall
- Delivery mode: Online
- Delivery mode information: The program is also offered on-campus or in a mix of online and on-campus formats.
- Length of program: Full-time: 4 terms (16 months), Part-time: 10 terms (40 months)
- Program type: Master's, Professional
- Registration option(s): Full-time, Part-time
- Study option(s): Coursework
Admission requirements
Minimum requirements
- An overall 75% average in a four year undergraduate degree program in a health or related field from a recognized educational institution.
- Experience in the health informatics field is considered an asset.
- Evidence of training in logical thinking processes which can be demonstrated by having passed an undergraduate course(s) in areas such as mathematics, statistics, or computer science.
- Admission is competitive. Meeting the minimum entrance requirements is not a guarantee of admission.
Degree requirements
Coursework option:
- Graduate Academic Integrity Module (Graduate AIM)
Courses
Required Courses
The MHI program requires the completion of 10 graduate-level courses. 8 (including the practicum course) of the 10 courses are required core courses. The remaining 2 courses are electives:
- CS 634 Security and Privacy in Health Systems
- CS 638 Principles of Data Management and Use or HLTH 605B Quantitative Methods and Analysis
- HLTH 611 The Health Care System
- HLTH 612/CS 792 Data Structures and Standards in Health Informatics
- HTLH 613 Information Technology for the Health Professional
- HLTH 615 Requirements Specification and Analysis in Health Systems
- HLTH 637 Public Health Informatics (offered online)
- HLTH 640 Professional Experience Practicum
In situations where a student has previously taken a course with learning objectives similar to that of a required MHI course, a higher level graduate course in the same domain area will be substituted.
Elective courses
2 of the required 10 courses are electives. The following online courses are currently offered and can be chosen as electives:
- CS 636 Introduction to Computer Networks and Distributed Computer Systems
- CS 638 Principles of Data Management and Use or HLTH 605B Quantitative Methods and Analysis (note: courses taken from the list of required courses cannot be taken to satisfy the elective course requirements)
- HLTH 603 Health Policy in Public Health
- HLTH 608 Health and Risk Communication in Public Health
- HLTH 609 Management and Administration of Public Health Services
- HLTH 614 Evaluation of Public Health Programs
- HTLH 616 Decision Making and Systems Thinking in Health Informatics
- HLTH 631 Public Health Surveillance
- HLTH 632 Health Economics and Public Health
- HLTH 654 Systems Thinking and Analysis
- HLTH 661 Geographic Information Systems and Public Health
- HLTH 662 Global Health
- STAT 631 Introduction to Statistical Methods in Health Informatics
Students can also choose from online and on-campus courses offered by both
Computer Science and the School of Public Health Sciences with the permission of the program leader.
Related Courses
- Security and Privacy in Health Systems
- Computer Science 638: Principles of Data Management and Use
- Data Structures and Standards in Health Informatics
- Quantitative Methods and Analysis
- Information Technology for the Health Professional
- Requirements Specification and Analysis in Health Systems
- Public Health Informatics
- Systems Thinking and Analysis in Health Program Planning and Evaluation
- Geographic Information Systems and Public Health
- Professional Experience Practicum
Overview
- Institution: University of Waterloo
- Program type: Maîtrise
- Language: English
- Program Code: MHI
- Delivery Method: Entièrement en ligne/à distance
Disclaimer:
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.