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Twin Cities Campus
Health Informatics Ph.D.Health Informatics, AHC Inst
Graduate School
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Institute for Health Informatics, MMC 912 Mayo, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-3348; fax: 612-626-7227)
Email:
ihi@umn.edu
Website: http://www.bmhi.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
Health informatics is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that applies computer, information, and cognitive sciences to promote the effective and efficient use and analysis of information, ultimately improving the health, well-being, and economic functioning of society. Students take a sequence of core courses in health informatics and biostatistics, and electives in technical and health science areas. Possible areas of emphasis include health information systems, telehealth, bioinformatics, user interface design, system impact evaluation, database construction and analysis, clinical decision-making, evaluation of health programs, and physiological monitoring and control.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
Applicants are expected to have at least a bachelor of science or equivalent degree from a recognized institution of higher education.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Applicants are required to have taken 6 semester credits or 9 quarter credits in medical, life, or biological sciences from a recognized institution of higher learning. This a broadly defined requirement and most courses with a health or biology emphasis will be accepted including biostatistics, health services research, and public health, as well as the more traditional biology or life science courses.
Applicants are required to have taken a course or to have documented work experience in a programming or application language such as C, C++, JAVA, Visual Basic, PASCAL, etc.
Applicants are required to have taken one semester of calculus.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
The preferred English language test is Test of English as Foreign Language.
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, GMAT, MCAT, TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
20
credits are required in the major.
12 credits are required outside the major. 24 thesis credits are required.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 3.00
is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 2 semesters must be completed
before filing a Degree Program Form.
The Ph.D. program is for students who want to obtain advanced training and conduct research. Students are expected to complete the same requirements as those for the Plan B master's program (a survey of health informatics, biostatistics, selected health science areas, and advanced training in selected informatics areas), as well as advanced coursework in health informatics and an area of concentration complementary to health informatics. The work is completed with an original research project reported in the doctoral dissertation. Students are expected to have earned the equivalent of at least 70 credits, including 24 thesis credits.
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