Students prepare for professional careers, with directed experiences in consulting, teaching, writing, conducting research and managing facilities. Informatics resources and utilities will be reviewed, to develop materials and tools needed for academic or industrial practice. The scientific literature, product documentation and actual client interactions are used to gain familiarity with project estimation, direction and evaluation. Through class discussions, presentations, individual assignments and team proposal preparation, students examine roles of project director, computer coordinator and systems consultant for applications of informatics in the health sciences. All students prepare problem statements responding to requests for information technology by selected health system clients.
Students work together in teams, developing grant proposal for a client.