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Official Health Sciences Course Syllabus

Course

HS200

Course Title

Introduction to Informatics for Healthcare Professionals

Course Description

This course will introduce students to lower level informatics as it applies to computer applications and information systems in healthcare. Students will explore general computer information, healthcare information systems and specialty applications. Major themes of privacy, confidentiality and information security are presented throughout the course. Ethics, evidence based practice and various channels of electronic and digital communication will be studied. Basic computer knowledge and skills will be utilized during this course.

Course Pre-requisite: English 101 or consent of the Instructor.

Course/Clinical/Lab Credit Hours 3 credit hours. (One credit hour includes a minimum of 50 minutes of instruction each week and one to two hours of work outside class for the equivalent of 15 weeks).

Course Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the student learner will:

Course Objectives	Healthcare Management Outcomes	Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes
1. Describe concepts and components of healthcare informatics.	Evaluate social, political, and legal forces within the healthcare stratosphere	Inquiry & Analysis
2. Identify informatics-related professional roles and ethical applications to professional practice.	Apply evidence-based practices in health care leadership, management, and human resources Demonstrate ethical leadership approaches to business and clinical decision	Integrative Learning Inquiry & Analysis
3. Describe human-computer interaction, ergonomics and usability.	Apply evidence-based practices in health care leadership, management, and human resources	Inquiry & Analysis Integrative Learning
4. Identify and use basic computer hardware and software specialty applications. Differentiate between health information systems (HIT), clinical information systems(CIS), electronic health records (EHR), and public health informatics (PHI) systems.	Apply evidence-based practices in health care leadership, management, and human resources	Inquiry & Analysis
6. Recognize basic concepts and use of the Internet and the World Wide Web, including electronic and digital communications and netiquette.	Apply evidence-based practices in health care leadership, management, and human resources	Inquiry & Analysis
7. Describe the implications of health policy and reform on healthcare/nursing informatics.	Evaluate social, political, and legal forces within the healthcare stratosphere Apply evidence-based practices in health care leadership, management, and human resources	Communication Inquiry & Analysis
8. Explain privacy, confidentiality, and information security and standard language terminologies.	Apply evidence-based practices in health care leadership, management, and human resources	Inquiry & Analysis Integrative Learning
9. Identify uses for specialty applications; consumer education, public health informatics, telehealth/telemedicine, evidence based practice, and simulation.	Apply evidence-based practices in health care leadership, management, and human resources	Inquiry & Analysis Integrative Learning
10.Identify evidence based practice and research and compare the effects and application of each to professional practice.	Apply evidence-based practices in health care leadership, management, and human resources	Inquiry & Analysis Integrative Learning
11. Apply computer literacy and health literacy concepts to public health informatics.	Model culturally literate behavior in a healthcare environment Apply evidence-based practices in health care leadership, management, and human resources	Inquiry & Analysis Integrative Learning

Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes

COMMUNICATION: Engages students in the development and expression of ideas through iterative experiences across the curricula.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: Involves students working to make a difference in the civic life of the local and/or global community through development of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation to make a difference.

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS: Reflects a systematic process of exploring issues, objects, or works through the collection and analysis of evidence that results in informed conclusions or judgments.

INTEGRATIVE LEARNING: Fosters students’ abilities to integrate learning across courses, over time, and between campus and community life. Integrative learning goes across disciplinary lines, incorporating real world experiences toward growth as a lifelong learner.

Course Lessons or Modules

Available in Class Syllabus

Learning Activities

Available in Class Syllabus

Evaluation Methods

Available in Class Syllabus

Grading Scale

HS200 Introduction to Informatics for Healthcare Professionals FALL 2020

A 90-100%

B 80-89%

C 70-79%

D 60-69%

F 59% and below

Student Grades & Materials

Desire2Learn/Brightspace® course materials will be closed to student view following completion of course. Students are responsible for retrieving all information from the course prior to final grade posting.

Books and Resources

Available in Class Syllabus

Each student is responsible to utilize a device that complies with the technical requirements specified to support the Desire2Learn/Brightspace® learning management system.

Laptop/Notebook	Specifications
CPU	Intel Core i5 or better
RAM	8GB or more preferred
Hard Drive Space	256 GB or greater
Display	11 inches or larger
Screen Resolution	1024x768 or higher
Wireless	802.11 g/n/ac
Internet Connection	Off campus internet connection not below 8mbps upload and download
Operating System	Windows 10 is required. Mac OS X 10.13 or 10.14 is required.
For Support	Working USB, newer devices may require an adaptor
Adobe Reader	Version 9, 11, or DC
MS Office 365 can be attained, free of charge through the college. Please submit a student IT support ticket for directions on how to acquire your free copy.	Additional programs are also required: Shockwave plug-in http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/ Flash plug-in http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Adobe Acrobat plug-in http://get.adobe.com/reader Flash plug-in http://get.adobe.com/flash player/ Adobe Acrobat plug-in http://get.adobe.com/reader

Academic Honesty

As a community of students and professionals, the College strives to set and maintain the highest standards of integrity. Any dishonesty related to academic work in the classroom or clinical area will constitute misconduct and, as such, is incompatible with the standards of this College and subject to investigation and disciplinary action. Students are expected to read the policy in their handbook/catalog concerning academic conduct. Recording of a quiz or exam will be considered an attempt to give unauthorized aide and/or to obtain improper acquisition of a copy of a quiz or exam and considered to constitute academic misconduct.

Plagiarism is the representation of someone else’s intellectual property (e.g. original research, ideas, writings, calculations, video material, etc.) as the student’s original work. To discourage plagiarism, students are advised the College may submit written work to an online detection service for evaluation of originality and proper use and attribution of sources. Turnitin® is available to students through the Learning Management System D2L Brightspace®.

Student Responsibility Statement

It is the student’s responsibility to engage in professional and ethical behavior and to know the requirements to complete his or her degree, including—but not limited to—required courses, prerequisites courses, policies, procedures, payment and payment arrangements, awarding of financial aid, and catalog and handbook requirements. Methodist College faculty and staff will partner with students to support their success and their efforts to complete their degrees in a timely manner. All policies and procedures can be found in the student handbook or college catalog available on the Methodist College website.

Disability Statement

Methodist College complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended states in part under section 7(20) that “no qualified individual with a disability in the United States shall be excluded from, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance.” A disability is defined as a “physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.”

Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified students with disabilities unless they impose an undue hardship on the College. Accommodation requests can be made by completing the Request for Accommodations form which can be accessed via the Methodist College website at http://www.methodistcol.edu/disability-services.aspx. Paper copies are available in the office of the Director of the OASIS (W160).

Methodist College encourages students to access all resources available for consistent support and access to programs and is committed to providing equitable access to learning opportunities to students with documented disabilities (e.g. mental health, attentional, learning, chronic health, sensory, or physical).

To ensure access to this class and program, please contact the Director of the OASIS for a confidential conversation about the process for requesting accommodations in classroom and/or clinical settings.

Director of the OASIS Office: W160 | Phone: 309-282-8451

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.

FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children’s education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are “eligible students.”

· Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student’s education records maintained by the school. Schools are not required to provide copies of records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is impossible for parents or eligible students to review the records. Schools may charge a fee for copies.

· Parents or eligible students have the right to request that a school correct records which they believe to be inaccurate or misleading. If the school decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student then has the right to a formal hearing. After the hearing, if the school still decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student has the right to place a statement with the record setting forth his or her view about the contested information.

· Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student’s education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without consent, to the following parties or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31):

School officials with legitimate educational interest;

Other schools to which a student is transferring;

Specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes;

Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student;

Organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school;

Accrediting organizations;

To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena;

Appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies; and

State and local authorities, within a juvenile justice system, pursuant to specific State law.

Schools may disclose, without consent, “directory” information such as a student’s name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory information and allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount of time to request that the school not disclose directory information about them. Schools must notify parents and eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA. The actual means of notification (special letter, inclusion in a PTA bulletin, student handbook, or newspaper article) is left to the discretion of each school.

For additional information, you may call 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327) (voice). Individuals who use TDD may use the Federal Relay Service.

Or you may contact us at the following address:

Family Policy Compliance Office

U.S. Department of Education

400 Maryland Avenue, SW

Washington, D.C. 20202-8520

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