Schoolwide Outcome:

Graduates achieve professional competencies as currently defined by their respective profession.

Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Demonstrate appropriate content knowledge as required by either entry-level or post-professional practice
2. Demonstrate clinical, research and/or technical skills necessary for successful performance in the chosen discipline

Program Outcomes:

1. Describe the structure, roles and capabilities of information systems in various biomedical and health care management systems.
2. Demonstrate competency in health informatics by using theories and methods of data structures, algorithms, and programming.

Schoolwide Outcome:

Graduates exhibit professional behaviors such as cultural sensitivity, integrity, respect, compassion, and altruism, and demonstrate excellence in delivery of service and a commitment to their profession.

Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Exhibit professional behaviors in all interactions
2. Exhibit a commitment to their profession through professional membership or participation in professional activities, and by interrelating with other professionals
3. Identify and evaluate the impact of culture and diversity on health beliefs, practices, and actions
4. Apply and/or demonstrate leadership principles and strategies in organization or professional settings

Program Outcomes:

1. Study and Evaluate the impact of Informatics Concepts and Implementation on human health and welfare.
2. Exhibit Professionalism in the coursework, projects and interactions within and outside of the program.

Schoolwide Outcome:

Graduates effectively communicate in oral, written, and technical formats.

Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Express concepts in writing using proper grammar and stylistic guidelines
2. Appropriately document health information according to professional standards
3. Demonstrate critical thinking by synthesizing, organizing, presenting, and/or disseminating information following established guidelines at a level appropriate for the target audience
4. Adapt appropriate interactions and/or strategies in order to accommodate diverse audiences

Program Outcomes:

1. Upon completion of the doctoral project, the students will provide, as per the department formatting guidelines, a comprehensive written synthesis of the graduate project itself as well as an analysis of project outcomes, process and recommendations for the future.
2. Upon completion of the doctoral project, the students would have submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals, at least two manuscripts written and formatted as per the Peer-Reviewed Journal Guidelines

Schoolwide Outcome:

Graduates collaborate with health care team members and other stakeholders to facilitate the attainment of common goals.

Objectives: Within their scope of practice, SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Identify roles and responsibilities of team members in the provision of patient/client/community care
2. Identify opportunities and/or participate with others to set and achieve goals

Program Outcomes:

1. Design and implement a suitable organizational level program or decision making system project for solving a health informatics problem taking into account the project stakeholders and project team-members.
2. Evaluate and report on the performance of a suitable organizational level program or decision making system for solving a health informatics problem with clear explanations as to its logic, syntax and operations.

Schoolwide Outcome:

Graduates identify, critically evaluate, and practice professional, ethical and legal decision-making.

Objectives: Within their scope of their profession, SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Maintain and/or adhere to professional ethics and legal requirements
2. Articulate ethical and legal decision making practices (process by which an ethical/legal decision was made)
3. Apply ethical and legal principles to Identify breaches of professional ethics or legal requirements

Program Outcomes:

1. Discuss about the protection of human subjects, the principles and rules of the Belmont Report, and IRB requirements and review the practical applications of these research ethic guidelines in a hospital/pharmaceutical research practice.
2. Discuss the federal laws, regulations, and standards that govern health information privacy, confidentiality, and security.

Schoolwide Outcome:

Graduates incorporate educational strategies into their roles.

Objectives: Within the scope of their profession, SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Identify relevant educational content for a target audience
2. Plan, implement and/or evaluate an educational program appropriate for a target audiences

Program Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate an ability to effectively articulate the context, the significance or impact of their research findings on a research project topic suitable for presentation at a technical conference or seminar.
2. Create and submit for publication at least two manuscripts suitably written and formatted as per the guidelines for peer-reviewed journals.

Schoolwide Outcome:

Graduates apply methods of scientific inquiry and disseminate findings.

Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Propose a problem/topic and appropriate methods to investigate it
2. Use systematic search techniques to find and critically appraise research and other sources of evidence
3. Summarize and disseminate findings to appropriate audiences

Program Outcomes:

1. Identify a doctoral project topic in the area of student’s specialization in the doctoral program and formulate it as a PICO structure.
2. Demonstrate graduate-level critical thinking skills in performing a systematic review by carefully analyzing and interpreting research information, and by successfully preparing their report as a paper for publication in a peer-reviewed journal using a research documentation format specified by the Journal.

Schoolwide Outcome:

Graduates identify, critically analyze, and solve a variety of challenges.

Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Recognize and respond appropriately to various situations within their discipline regarding clinical, cultural, psychosocial, quality improvement and/or administrative problems
2. Design and/or implement solutions using best evidence and/or practice guidelines
3. Assess outcomes

Program Outcomes:

1. Design and implement a suitable organizational level program or decision making system for solving a health informatics problem.
2. Evaluate and report on the performance of a suitable organizational level program or decision making system for solving a health informatics problem with clear explanations as to its logic, syntax and operations.

Schoolwide Outcome:

Graduates effectively access, manage and use scientific, health care and/or patient/client information while respecting the ownership and privacy of sources.

Objectives: SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Identify and access sources of evidence/information to inform the decision making process for scholarship or patient care
2. Analyze evidence/information for quality, economic, legal, and social implications
3. Demonstrate proficiency in information privacy regulations, e.g. HIPPA and PHI
4. Adapt to changing technology in their field

Program Outcomes:

1. Describe and discuss the various regulations, systems and organizations for health information privacy, security and confidentiality.
2. Review current implementations of computers in diverse clinical areas, and evaluate direct data acquisition and entry by healthcare professionals.

Schoolwide Outcome:

SHP graduates create a safe practice environment for themselves and their patients.

Objectives: Within their scope of practice, SHP graduates will be able to:

1. Recognize medical, behavioral, and public health emergencies
2. Demonstrate skills to create safe environments and respond to health emergencies

Program Outcomes:

1. Apply good practice to ensure the design, implementation, and adoption of health information technologies and systems appropriately mitigating the risk of inadvertent harm to patients and organizations.
2. Study and Evaluate the impact of Informatics Concepts and Implementation on human health and welfare