Temple's Dental Informatics Program is a track within the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Biomedical Informatics . Candidates in the Dental Informatics Track complete a two-year program leading to a masters degree in information science. The program includes a masters thesis. During the first year, trainees complete 26 credits of basic coursework in information science and the Medical Informatics core courses, and may conduct selected course projects at Pittsburgh School of Dentistry . The second year at Temple consists of 14 credits and includes three courses, of which one is heavily research-oriented.
Trainees participate in ongoing research projects of the program faculty.
Many of the developed projects are directly applied within the information systems infrastructure at Temple. Curriculum The masters degree in the Department of Information Science and Telecommunications of the University of Pittsburgh is the main option for a degree for dental informatics candidates. During the first year, trainees complete basic coursework in information science and the Medical Informatics core courses. The specialization in the second year concentrates on the application of knowledge acquired through the core curriculum. Please refer to the description of the Dental Informatics Track of the MS program of the Department of Information Sciences and Telecommunications for details.