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Degree Programs
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The Department of Biomedical Informatics offers several types of educational programs, including a Master of Science (M.S.) in Biomedical Informatics and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biomedical informatics. Physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals may apply for a M.S. or Ph.D. degree. In addition, the department encourages applications for degree programs from individuals with backgrounds in computer science, engineering, statistics or other relevant fields. Click here for more information about degree requirements. The Department is also a proud member of the AMIA Academic Forum.
Graduate Certificate Program in Biomedical Informatics
The Certificate Program allows students to gain a broad background in core Informatics issues, as well as more specialized knowledge in the sub-domains, such as bioinformatics, public health informatics, clinical information systems and medical imaging. Individual programs of study allow for further specialization and development of knowledge in related fields. Learn more about the certificate program.
Non-Degree Opportunities
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PhD students Burton Clark and Laverne Snow |
Medical students and other visiting students may pursue short-term traineeships which are arranged with faculty members on an individual basis. In addition, the department encourages and supports postdoctoral educational experiences that last less than one year. These experiences are arranged with individual faculty members in the department and are intended to meet the needs of physicians who are actively practicing medicine but desire advanced training in biomedical informatics. The department will work to accommodate visits as short as several weeks, preceptorships for a few months, or six to eight month experiences to coincide with sabbatical leave.
Learn more about postdoctoral training.
Interdisciplinary training: Health Services Administration (HSA)
The Health Services Administration (HSA) program is an interdepartmental masters level program that prepares students for administrative positions in policy and planning in both the public and private sectors. The HSA program requires that additional coursework be completed beyond the requirements of the biomedical informatics M.S. Upon successful completion of both sets of requirements, the student is awarded a diploma which indicates that a masters degree has been obtained in biomedical informatics, as well as masters level training in the field of health services administration.
For more information about the HSA program:
http://www.matheson.utah.edu/hsa/
Interdisciplinary training: Nursing Informatics
The Department of Biomedical Informatics has a close working relationship with the College of Nursing Informatics program. Three Nursing Informatics faculty are Adjunct members of the Biomedical Informatics Department and 5 Biomedical Informatics faculty are Adjunct members of the College of Nursing Informatics program. This cooperative relationship allows the sharing of both faculty, courses and research opportunities.
For more information about the College of Nursing's Informatics Program: http://www.nursing.utah.edu/programs/masters/post/informatics.html.
Interdisciplinary training: International Partnership In Health Informatics Education (IPHIE) Exchange Program
The Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah has joined with the University of Minnesota, the University of Washington, the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the University of Heidelberg and the University of Applied Sciences, Heilbronn, Germany, and the University for Health informatics and Technology Tyrol, Innsbruck, Austria in an international initiative on forming a cooperation for students' and teachers' exchange between dedicated programs in health and medical informatics. Interested students can apply to be part of this exchange program.