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Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics and Digital Health (GC-HINFDH) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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About this course
Coordinator
Associate Professor Kathleen Gray
Contact
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Intended learning outcomes
Graduates will:
- Demonstrate an understanding of how digital data, information and knowledge are generated and managed for clinical care, biomedical research, public health, and health policy and planning
- Communicate knowledgeably about the uses of core health and biomedical informatics concepts, tools and methods
- Critically evaluate approaches to information systems and information technology in contemporary healthcare in Australia and internationally
Generic skills
Graduates will:
- Have the ability to demonstrate advanced independent critical enquiry, analysis and reflection
- Reach a high level of achievement in writing, research or project activities, problem-solving and communication
- Be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning
- Be able to examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines
- Have a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment; and
- Be able to initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces
Graduate attributes
Graduates will build capabilities to:
- Improve practice in the management and governance of technological changes affecting safety and quality of health care and design and delivery of health services
Last updated: 18 December 2020