Prerequisite: HTH 101 or admitted to HIS. This course will focus on the key components of effective project management, as applied to the work environment of the Health Informatics and IT professional. Students will learn the fundamentals of project management, including project life cycle, stakeholder engagement, initiating a project, and planning, executing, and closing a project. These project management essentials will be explored further as learners apply the project life cycle within the context of IT as issues of outsourcing, quality standards, cost and risk management will be discussed. Course activities will provide the opportunity for Health Informatics professionals to learn, analyze and apply project management principles to their professional field This course will focus on the key components of effective project management, as applied to the work environment of health informatics and IT professionals. Students will learn the fundamentals of project management, including project life cycle, stakeholder engagement, initiating a project, and planning, executing, and closing a project. These project management essentials will be explored further as learners apply the project life cycle within the context of IT. Issues including outsourcing, quality standards, cost and risk management will be discussed. Recommended Prerequisite: HTH 101.
No Scheduled Class Meetings, November 25 - February 9 (Online)
Location:
ONLINE
Instructor:
Dennis Cheung
Notes:
Course materials released on the course start date at 9:00 AM, Eastern.
Instructors
Dennis Cheung
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Dennis Cheung holds a Bachelor’s of Health Studies at York University and a Masters of Health Informatics at the University of Toronto. He has worked in a number of healthcare organizations ranging from hospitals, non-profits, to government and international organizations. Dennis is currently working at the Canadian Health Institute for Information (CIHI) as a Program Lead within the Architecture and Standards team with academic affiliations with the University of Toronto as adjunct facility for the IHPME department and an instructor with McMasters Centre for Continuing Education, Health Informatics program. Dennis currently teaches interoperability standards and data standards within the field of health informatics.
