Courses

This course expands on the student’s skills in STATA to know when and how to use the relevant software in performing each of a comprehensive set of the most important and frequently used data analysis techniques for research and evaluation in medical/...

This course introduces students to the statistical software package STATA. Although STATA offers access to almost all of its commands in a point andclick fashion through a Graphical User Interface (GUI), this course will focus on teaching the command syntax,...

This course will focus on the design, implementation and components of Information Systems. The course will include evolution and health information systems. It will examine
the changing uses and expectations of such systems and their expected usage at each...

This course will address security issues as they impact health information systems. Topics to be learnt include strategies for design, implementation, auditing and evaluating the
technical, physical and human components of an information security system...

This course covers the study of relational dtabase design, using Structured Query Language (SQL). This includes data structures, logic database design, the relational model, process of normalization and the functions of a database management system. Object...

The course introduces the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the analysis of public health data. Basic GIS operations such as buffering, layering, and spatial database
management and queries are addressed. In addition to GIS issues the course...

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of Health Informatics and its application in healthcare. It introduces the definition of data, information
and knowledge as well as what defines a system and a model. Issues...

The course will introduce students to the principles of health surveillance and the contemporary informatics tools used to implement surveillance systems in public health. Surveillance techniques and tools have advanced in tandem with ICT technologies and...

This course provides the student the opportunity to develop competencies in the conceptualization, design, analysis, communication and evaluation of health informatics research studies. It exposes the student to theoretical approaches to and practical...

This course will examine the relationship between Law and Ethics and Health Informatics System with regards to: Collection, processing, transmission, and dissemination of
information. The concepts that would be covered include: Privacy, autonomy,...