Student Orientation. Department of Health Informatics SHRP-UMDNJ

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1 Student Orientation Department of Health Informatics SHRP-UMDNJ

2 OUR DEGREES Healthcare Informatics Certificate: designed to quickly build up competencies in the field of biomedical informatics useful for those seeking a career change or advancement requires only 18 credits Masters in Biomedical Informatics: wide range of career opportunities as managers, specialists, scientists, researchers and educators requires 36 credits (a duration of 18 months to 2 years) to complete. PhD in Biomedical Informatics: develop, implement and evaluate informatics algorithms and technologies for improving health care delivery and management. prepares individuals for informatics leadership positions such as CIOs, Managers, Directors and University Faculty requires 61 credits (three years full-time) to complete.

3 Certificate in Healthcare Informatics Core Electives Three Courses = 9 credits 3 Courses (chosen from a list) = 9 credits

4 Master s Degree in Biomedical Informatics Core Track Electives Thesis Six Courses = 18 credits 2 Courses = 6 credits 2 Courses (chosen from other tracks or PhD curriculum) = 6 credits BINF6000/6666 = 6 credits

5 Specialization Tracks Track I: Bioinformatics This track deals with topics on Molecular Modeling, Drug Discovery, Pre-Clinical Trials, Structural Proteomics and Genomics. Track II: Nanomedicine and Clinical Informatics This track deals with topics on Clinical Decision Support Systems, Processing, Analyses and Prediction for Diagnostic purposes, 2D and 3D Imaging Technologies including Molecular Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Diagnostic purposes. Track III: Consumer / Patient Care Informatics This track contains courses on Enterprise Wide Health Care Systems, Electronic Medical Records, Patient Data Management, Health Care Security and XML Technologies, Ontologies and Clinical Databases. Track IV: Hospital/Health Care Management Informatics This track deals with Health Care Data Management, Privacy and Confidentiality of Patient Health Information, Architecture and Information Flow of Hospital Systems.

6 Tuition Fees for Master s Degree Fall2012 onwards Residency Status Tuition Rate for Online Program Courses Tuition Rate for Traditional Program Courses NJ Resident $ per credit $ per credit Non-NJ Resident $ per credit $ per credit Online Program: Students take all courses in the curriculum including thesis/directed project as online or web-based courses Traditional Program: Students take all courses in the curriculum excluding the thesis/directed project as In-Class or Web-based courses Note: Full-time International Students have to take (as per DHS) 9 Credits of Courses each semester out of which atleast 6 should be of In-Class mode. In-Class courses are designated with 001 suffix while Online Courses have a 00W suffix. Eg: BINF , BINF W

7 PhD Degree in Biomedical Informatics Core Track Electives Colloquium Four Courses = 12 credits 2 Courses at 7000 level = 6 credits 2 Courses at 7000 level = 6 credits BINF7910 = 1 credit BINF8000 = 36 credits Note: Registration for BINF8000 () is only allowed for students who Have successfully passed the Qualifying Examination. The registration form for BINF8000 is different from the regular course registration form.

8 Tuition Fees for PhD Degree Fall2012 onwards Residency Status NJ Resident Non-NJ Resident Tuition Rate for Traditional Program Courses $ per credit $ per credit Traditional Program: Students take all courses in the curriculum excluding the thesis/directed project as In-Class or Web-based courses Note: Full-time International Students have to take (as per DHS) 9 Credits of Courses each semester out of which atleast 6 should be of In-Class mode. In-Class courses are designated with 001 suffix while Online Courses have a 00W suffix. Eg: BINF , BINF W

9 PhD Program Course Work 24 credits Qualifying Examination 36 credits Oral Defense Four Core Courses Two Elective Courses at 7000 level Two Track Courses at 7000 level April/November Two parts Core part and Track part Successful passing of Exam required to register for Credits Formation of Committee Choose Topic of Research Submit Proposal to Committee (& Readers) Defend Proposal IRB Approval (if required) Data Collection Perform Analysis Draft Thesis Submit Thesis to Committee (& Readers) Oral Defense

10 PhD Process BINF8001 Literature Review Phase 9 credits BINF8002 Proposal Phase 9 credits BINF8003 Results Phase 9 credits BINF8004 Thesis Phase 9 credits Selection of Chair Formation of Committee Choose Topic of Research Draft Proposal Submit Proposal to Committee (& Readers) Defend Proposal IRB Approval (if required) Data Collection Perform Analysis Draft Thesis Submit Thesis to Committee (& Readers) Oral Defense

11 Important Suggestions It is mandatory to look up your UMDNJ regularly Get your annual immunizations Students with valid Health Insurance should opt out of UMDNJ Health Insurance Incompletes need to be taken care of within a month of grade submission It is mandatory to keep your registration active each semester apply for Leave of Absence for any long foreseeable interruptions in your studies.

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