AHI Curriculum

Offering a 36-credit Master's Degree or a 16-credit Advanced Certificate

 Online.  In Person.  Limited Term Residencies. 

  • As clinical and administrative decision-making in health care become increasingly data-driven, it’s critical that the health care sector develop a workforce well-versed in both clinical and information sciences. 

    As a STEM-designated degree program, AHI offers transformative learning opportunities to a global cohort of physicians, nurses, PAs, pharmacists, clinic directors, public health workers, and those from other careers eager to move into this exciting field.

    Course Highlights:

    • Concepts in Health Informatics (Fall, 4 credits)
    • Electronic Health Records (Fall, 4 credits)
    • The Business of Health Informatics (Spring, 4 credits)
    • Engineering Clinical Information Systems (Spring, 4 credits)
    • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (Summer, 4 credits)
    • Capstone: Research Project/Thesis or Applied Project 

    View more M.S in Applied Health Informatics Courses

  • The advanced certificate in applied health informatics provides students with a course of study that focuses on the core concepts that underpin the discipline. It offers students a sound theoretical base in health informatics, together with practical insight and experience. The program is unique in combining an international scope; business awareness; hands-on, practical course work; and input from a wide range of experienced instructors.

    Course Highlights:

    • Concepts in Health Informatics (4 credits)
    • Models for Clinical Information (4 credits)
    • Electronic Health Records (4 credits)
    • Capstone: Research Project/Thesis or Applied Project

    View the Applied Health Informatics Advanced Certificate Curriculum 

  • Limited Term Residencies are 1-2 week learning intensives where our students and industry partners from all over the world get together to work on contemporary challenges in Health Informatics.  At these residencies, student listen to lectures from experts, complete team-based data challenges, and participate in evening recreation and fellowship. We currently offer our students two residency opportunities a year, both held in St. Edmunds Hall in  Oxford, United Kingdom.  The courses held during these residencies are as follows:

    State of the Art in Health Informatics (4 credits): 

    This course covers special topics in Health Informatics which reflect the current state-of-the-art or lie outside the scope of the other courses offered. As with all the courses, the emphasis is on hands-on experience and applied knowledge of technology.

    Deploying Open-Source Electronic Health Records (workshop):

    An international workshop on the deployment of model-driven, ontology-based, open-source Electronic Health Records, using cityEHR. This one-week residential workshop will bring together participants from around the world, to learn how to configure and deploy an open source, model-driven, health electronic records system.

    Upcoming Residency: Fordham @ Oxford, September 15th - 21st, 2024

    To give prospective students a better sense of what its like to attend a residency, a sample daily routine and evening activity schedule are presented here:

    Daily Routine

    Time Activity Duration
    8:00 Breakfast 60 minutes
    9:30 Class 90 minutes
    11:00 Coffee Break 30 minutes
    11:30 Class 90 minutes
    13:00 Lunch 60 minutes
    14:00 Class 90 minutes
    15:30 Afternoon Tea 30 minutes
    16:00 Class 90 minutes
    17:30 Evening Activity TBD
    19:00 Dinner  60 minutes
    20:00 Evening Activity TBD

    Evening Activity Schedule

    Most evenings people get together in the college bar, either before or after dinner. The bar may be open from 6 pm until 11 pm, serving both soft drinks and traditional beers, wines and spirits. If its open, it's a good place to meet and discuss the day's events.

    Day Activity
    Sunday A welcome reception in the Pontigny Room, from 6-30pm, followed by a buffet dinner in the Wolfson Hall starting from 7pm.
    Monday Punting down the River Cherwell, followed by dinner in college. Meet at the Porter's Lodge from 5-30pm onwards and we will walk down to the river in groups to join our punts for a trip down the river Cherwell. If you are feeling energetic then this is your opportunity to have a go at the ancient art of punting; if not, just sit back, relax and amuse yourself watching someone else propel you up and down the river. Dinner served in the Wolfson Hall at 7pm.
    Tuesday

    College dinner (at 7pm) followed by a tour of some historic sites and a number of Oxford’s historic public houses (a.k.a. a pub crawl). The pubs serve soft drinks as well as beer so are suitable for everyone to enjoy.
    Wednesday Dinner is served in the Wolfson Hall from 7pm. After dinner we will host an evening of informal presentations in the Pontigny Room. All students are welcome to make a presentation (its voluntary) including presentation of academic work (completed or planned) or your workplace activities. An informal 'honour bar' with beer, wine and soft drinks will be available.
    Thursday Dress up for a more formal dinner in the Wolfson Hall. At 6-15pm there will be a performance from the St Giles Choir in the college chapel, followed by a group photograph, before dinner at 7pm. After dinner there is another opportunity to enjoy informal presentations in the Pontigny Room.
    Friday Dinner is served in the Wolfson Hall from 7pm.
    Saturday Open-Source Electronic Health Records Summit