Required Core
Courses | Health Informatics
Courses | Electives | Internship
The master's program provides a challenging and visionary offering of
courses. Both the face-to-face and online courses offer students the
opportunity to network with their peers. Course offerings for each
semester can be found by visiting the UNT-SLIS Web site at http://www.unt.edu/slis.
For
the master's degree, students
are required to complete a minimum of 36 credit hours; an Internship/Field
Experience for 3 additional credit hours; and an end-of-program Capstone experience.
Required
Core Courses (9
credit hours)
SLIS
5000 Introduction to Information Professionals
History,
roles and scope of the information professions. Basic concepts and issues
including impact of information technology on the individual, intellectual
freedom, privacy and diversity. Course activities emphasizing team
building and leadership skills.
SLIS
5200 Introduction to Information Organization
Principles,
concepts, and practices of information organization and presentation.
Concepts and problems of human information behavior, classification, and
categorization related to information organization. Database technology,
structure and design. Standards for information organization, data
representation, and information exchange. Systems for organizing
information and facilitating information access in various information use
environments.
SLIS
5600 Introduction to Information Access and Retrieval
Epistemological
foundations of information use. Basic principles and techniques of
information retrieval and access services. Survey of research in
information seeking behavior and user interaction. Introduction to systems
of access, search and retrieval skills, and collection management. Study
of evaluation methods for all formats of resources, services and user
satisfaction.
Health Informatics
Courses (Select
12 credit hours)
The courses are primarily Web-based with one face-to-face session that
meets either in Denton or Houston according to the semester it is offered.
Students who are unable to attend the face-to-face sessions due to
geographical distances can make other arrangements with the instructor.
Note:
Syllabi provided below are subject to change. Please consult the
instructor regarding textbooks.
SLIS 5365 Health
Sciences Information Management
Provides an
introduction to health sciences libraries and information centers. Topics
include: characteristics of health information services, organization and
management of collections, facilities, users and user services, the role
of information technology, and professional activities of health
information management specialists, including the growing interest in
evidence-based practice. (Syllabus-Hannigan)
(Offered in Fall and Spring semesters.)
SLIS 5637 Medical
Informatics
Details the history of
medical information including biomedical communication. Studies the types of information resources and services related to
the transfer of information in the health sciences and integral computer
applications to health sciences libraries including the organizational
structure of medical knowledge. Familiarizes
students with the concept of information management and the application of
information technology to health care. Analyzes current issues in the health care field and the
relationship to health sciences libraries and information centers. (Syllabus-Cleveland)
(Offered in Spring semester.)
SLIS 5670 Organization of
Information of Clinical Care
Intensive study of
resources and services in selected special fields. Topics vary every
summer. A recent course topic included the information-seeking behavior of
health care providers which identified the major health care provision
professions, how and where they work, and what information they seek and
use in their work. (Syllabus-McKnight)
(Offered
every other Summer semester.)
SLIS 5960
Community Based Health Information
Designed for public,
school, academic, and medical library students that are interested in
health information, focusing on serving the health information needs of
the community. Provides the knowledge required to plan for services and programs
related to health information. Explores public health issues as they relate to libraries
providing community-based health information services. (Syllabus-Halsted/VonVille)
(Syllabus-Cleveland)
(Offered every other Summer semester.)
SLIS 5960 Medical
Digital Imaging
Focuses on two critical
medical informatics standards, DICOM and HL7, used for exchanging relevant
information such as patient demographics, orders, laboratory tests, and
diagnostic images. Demonstrations
of actual transactions using software that can simulate patient
registrations, image exchange, etc. Explores the role of health information
professionals in the management of digital medical images.
Site visits are arranged in order to witness the functionality of these
standards in real world situations. Various guest speakers from the
healthcare industry provide their perspective as well. (Syllabus-Oosterwijk)
(Syllabus-Thomas)
(Offered in Summer semester.)
Electives (15
credit hours)
The students in collaboration with their
advisor select 15 additional hours of elective credit. These courses
will be tailored to meet the student's career interests. Up to 6
hours may be taken in the UNT School of Public Health with the consent of
the advisor and instructor.
Internship/Field
Experience
Students
can obtain their internship/field experience from a wide range of
potential sites, including academic health sciences centers, hospitals,
Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), health associations, and consumer
health libraries, among others. Opportunities may exist in other
health-related environments
and may be tailored to the student's career interests.
For more
information about the internship/field experience, visit http://courses.unt.edu/acleveland/intern-health/index.htm
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by Jodi Philbrick
Health
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of North Texas
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Denton,
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