311752 v.1 Health Information Management Major (Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences)

Introduction

This course combines the scientific, technical and administration expertise ensuring graduates obtain the skills to be competent professionals in the field of health information management. In addition, staff have strong links with the local health and information professions, ensuring students have extensive hands-on experience in health information management. Health information management is a challenging profession involving the application of clinical knowledge, aspects of information technology, database management and administration. Health records serve as a database for healthcare planning and management decisions, legal and administrative purposes, research, identifying trends for the treatment of disease and for evaluating the standards and quality of patient care. All this must be undertaken with due regard to ethical and legal considerations which emphasise the personal and sensitive nature of the information being collected and processed.

Course Structure			Hrs/Wk	Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
1675	v.8	Health Record Systems 181	10.0	25.0
				25.0
Year 1 Semester 2
10830	v.5	Business Information Systems 100	3.0	25.0
10848	v.2	Management 100	3.0	25.0
12069	v.5	Nosology 182	4.0	25.0
				75.0
Year 2 Semester 1
10852	v.3	Organisational Behaviour 200	3.0	25.0
2871	v.7	Health Record Systems 281	3.0	25.0
303101	v.3	Medical Science 283	3.0	25.0
306314	v.4	Nosology 283	3.0	12.5
306315	v.4	Nosology 284	2.0	12.5
				100.0
Year 2 Semester 2
2872	v.9	Health Record Systems 282	4.0	25.0
2904	v.7	Health Information Systems 283	3.5	25.0
306316	v.4	Nosology 285	2.0	12.5
306317	v.4	Nosology 286	2.0	12.5
				75.0
Year 3 Semester 1
306319	v.3	Nosology 384	2.0	12.5
306320	v.3	Nosology 385	2.0	12.5
312198	v.1	Professional Practice in Public Health 383	2.0	25.0
3759	v.10	Health Record Systems 381	4.0	25.0
				75.0
Year 3 Semester 2
3762	v.6	Health Record Systems 382	9.2	25.0
6995	v.6	Nosology 382	3.0	25.0
				50.0