HAE 602 - Informatics in Healthcare and Introduction to Professional Writing

Credit Hours: 3
The informatics portion of this course examines a variety of informatics theories, models, and issues within complex healthcare systems. Content is directed toward assisting the student to understand system planning, analysis, implementation and evaluation. The course also explores utilization of information technology as well as information generation and management. The introduction to professional writing portion of this course provides an overview of the basic concepts of scholarly writing in healthcare education through application of American Psychological Association (APA) style requirements for professional writing. Readings, discussion, and writing projects have an emphasis on writing conventions, style, design, and APA formatting.