This module will introduce trainees to the principles, application, impact, stakeholders and wider multidisciplinary team involved in Health Informatics. It will provide them with the basic informatics knowledge needed by all professionals, and demonstrate their importance in order to be able to deliver safe, efficient, high-quality patient-centred healthcare.

(LO1) Discuss the legislation regulatory guidance and protocols that relate to security, confidentiality, and appropriate sharing of patient data.

(LO2) Explain the role of informatics and its importance in clinical governance.

(LO3) Justify access to patient records and the types of information required for individuals to support decision-making and to deliver multidisciplinary care.

(LO4) Critically evaluate the limitations of the different clinical coding systems in use, and the importance of high-quality coded clinical data in communication, reporting, analysis and to patient safety.

(LO5) Apply integrative knowledge of the purpose, structures, use and storage of health and care records.

(LO6) Discuss the range of health information systems and technologies that support clinical practice and ways of working in healthcare settings

(LO7) Apply the knowledge of health informatics and computer science to address specific clinical and healthcare delivery challenges

(LO8) Critically evaluate tools used to gather stakeholder requirements and project management methodologies and how they are used to support system development.

(LO9) Map processes, requirements for health information systems/technologies that are used across patient pathways using appropriate software

(LO10) Use appropriate tools to gather requirements and perform project management.

(LO11) Present complex ideas in simple terms in written formats

(LO12) Manage personal workload and objectives to achieve module of work

(LO13) Actively seek accurate and validated information from all available sources.

(LO14) Work as part of a team to understand a common problem

1. Lectures, tutorials, case studies and PBL - in particular we will make extensive use of staged case studies to support students through the informatics processes involved in the patient pathway.

2. E-learning:
- evidence-based learning supported by course notes, audio lectures, case studies
- online tutorials