A range of media is used including the Internet, email, bulletin boards, online chat facilities, CD ROMs and printed matter as well as personal contact with academic staff. Students are required to attend two weekends per semester at the Peninsula Campus. To complete the course in the minimum time of one year, students need to complete two subjects per semester. Successful completion of the course requires a high degree of commitment from participants. All students should spend a reasonable amount of time per week working through online study materials, tutorial exercises and discussions.
Time needs to be also set aside for review of study materials and completion of assignments.
Assessment consists of essays, assignments and case study work. To access the course materials students need a personal computer running Windows 95, MS Office and Netscape Web browser. The Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics is a collaborative program jointly offered on the Peninsula Campus, by the Faculty of Information Technology and the Faculty of Medicine, through the School of Network Computing, the Centre of Medical Informatics and the School of Nursing. The School of Network Computing offers the expertise and resources of the largest computing faculty in Australia. CMI has a commitment to excellence in medical informatics education and self-directed learning.