Health Information Management
Qualifications
Overview
The rapid expansion of information technology, combined with an escalating demand for health services and changing patterns of health care delivery, have had a major impact on the health sector.
The transition from “Industrial Age Medicine” to “Information Age Health Care” (British Medical Journal - 1997, 314, 1495) has created unprecedented pressure for new ways to provide, present, manage and monitor health information, with information technology central to these processes. Worldwide, there is now huge investment in such technology, which in one way or another is used by most health practitioners on a daily basis.
Advanced training in health information management is increasingly being sought by health sector administrators and managers, technical and support staff, and clinicians whose effective performance of their role is increasingly reliant on up-to-date and well-managed information.
The Health Information Management endorsement of the Postgraduate Diploma of Health Sciences, the Master of Health Sciences, and the Master of Health Sciences Professional Practice will prepare students so that they can be employable and/or provide leadership in Health Information Management within Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally.
This major begins in either February (Semester 1) or July (Semester 2).
- Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences – 12 months full-time, part-time options available
- Master of Health Sciences Professional Practice – 18 months full-time, part-time options available
- Master of Health Sciences – 24 months full-time, part-time options available.
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences – This is a 120-point programme generally consisting of 60 points of compulsory courses and a further 60 points from the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences Schedule.
Master of Health Sciences Professional Practice – This is a 180-point, professionally focused, coursework-based Master's degree. Following completion of the courses listed below (totalling 120 points), HLTH 463 Whanau and Community Health and HLTH 464 Research Approaches for Health are compulsory courses which are completed in Semester 1 of your second year.
Master of Health Sciences – This is a 240-point, research-focused Master's degree. Part I consists of 120 points from the table below and should include a 30 point research methods course, preferably HLTH 464 Research Approaches for Health. This is required prior to completing Part II, HLTH 690 MHealSc Thesis (120 points).
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences Structure |
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| The courses listed here are recommended for the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Health Information Management) major. For a full list of courses available see the Schedule to the Regulations for the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences. | ||
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |
| Compulsory course for the Health Information Management endorsement (30 pts) | HLTH 402 Health Information Management (30 pts) | |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |
| Choose 30 pts from the following (or from other approved courses) | INFO 633 Knowledge Management (15 pts) MBIS 601 Management of Information Systems (15 pts) Usually held in Term One (January to April) or Term Four: (October to November) MBIS 623 Data Management (15 pts) Usually held in Term Two (April to July) |
INFO 620 Information Systems Management (15 pts) |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | |
| Choose 60 pts from the Schedule Note: The courses listed here are recommended for this major. For a full list of courses available see the Schedule to the Regulations for the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences. |
HLTH 430 Motivating Behaviour Change I (30 pts) HLTH 460 Critical Appraisal in Health Research (30 pts) HLTH 472 Quantitative Methods in Health Research (Introductions to Psychometric Theory and Administration) (15 pts) |
HLTH 403 Environmental Health (30 pts) HLTH 407 Bioethics (30 pts) HLTH 407 Bioethics (30 pts) HLTH 408 Qualitative Health Methodologies (Special Topic: Independent Study) (15 pts) HLTH 433 Bioethics A (15 pts) (Term 3) HLTH 434 Bioethics B (15 pts) (Term 4) HLTH 442 Special Topic: Research related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine/Integrated Medicine (CAM/IM) (30 pts) HLTH 462 Health Intervention Research Methods (15 pts) HLTH 469 Health Issues in the Community (30 pts) HLTH 472 Quantitative Methods in Health Research (Introductions to Psychometric Theory and Administration) (15 pts) |
Part-time students are encouraged to take the core papers for their qualification first.
Please refer to individual course webpages for further details regarding course dates, workshops and other attendance requirements.
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