INF5760 – Health Information Systems
Course description
Course content
Note: The course will be held with a new version of 10 credits from Spring 2008: INF5761 – Health Management Information Systems (continued)
This course introduces a management information system designed for health-workers at district level. It has been developed by a South-African university in collaboration with the Department of Informatics (Computer Science) here at the University of Oslo. The Course Addresses:
- The principles of an action-led, district based
informationsystem - Calculation of target populations for a given
catchmentpopulation - Audits of existing information systems at district
level - Development of goals, targets and indicators for
districtlevel programmes - Calculation of different types of indicators using local
data - Presentation of information in the form of tables and
drawgraphs - Analyse indicators for trends over time and compare
differentfacilities and districts - Provision of feedback to data collectors and community
structures - Using the computer to enter data and getting basic
feedback - Current debates on topics of health management
Learning outcome
Participants will learn to use the information system, which is aseparate computer software programme, and will be introduced to current debates in health management.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
No obligatory prerequisites beyond the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway.Overlapping courses
- 6 credits overlap with IN-HEALTH
- 6 credits overlap with MED-INF5200
Teaching
Lectures given in a two-week period.
Examination
Written essay. Possibly oral exam.
Other
Spring semester 2004, the course was called MED-INF5200.
INF5760 is taught in cooperation with Institutt for allmenn- og samfunnsmedisin (Section for International Health). The course will only be held when resources are available from both departments.