Weekly outline

  • Welcome to HI 298!

    HI 298 is a seminars course. Students are expected to read the assigned readings, raise questions and debate ideas.

    At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

    1. Identify problems within the domain of health informatics.
    2. Propose evidence-based solutions within the domain of health informatics.
    3. Write effective white papers that clearly define problems and elucidate proposed solutions.

    Grading:

    • 60% Three white papers
      • Each white paper is allotted 20%
      • Every milestone for the white paper is allotted 5%
    • 10% Attendance
    • 10% Academic integrity
    • 20% Webinar presentation

    Each white paper is allotted 4 weeks for completion (milestones below). The final deliverable is a webinar presentation by the class to the MSHI community.

  • 7 February - 13 February

    A white paper is an authoritative document that aims to convince its audience that the proposed solution is the best for the given problem. The paper combines expert knowledge (yours!) and research to argue for specific recommendations. With your white paper, the reader should be able to understand the relevant issues, consider the solutions and make decisions.

    Each white paper is allotted 4 weeks for completion. The following are the milestones:

    • Week 1: Introduction and Problem Definition
    • Week 2: Solution Summary
    • Week 3: Detailed Solution
    • Week 4: Completed Paper (should include the abstract and call to action)
    • Topic/References List File 24.1KB

      Mr. Aldren Gonzales provided this list of topics and references. Please pick three topics for your white papers this semester. Please coordinate with your classmates as we would like to avoid overlaps. Should you have a topic you'd like to work on that is not on the list, please let us know as this will require approval. You are not limited to the references in this list. The references are provided as a starting point.

    • Topic Choice Forum

      Please post here for documentation, the three topics you are choosing for your white papers. You may also ask questions.

    • What is Digital Health? File 1.1MB PDF document

      This is the white paper I'm still reading to see if this will be a good example for you. In any case, I'm posting it here already.

  • 14 February - 20 February

    The white paper to be submitted should have the following structure:

    • Title
    • Abstract (or executive summary)
    • Introduction
    • Problem definition
    • Summary of solutions (high-level discussion of solutions)
    • Detailed solutions
    • Call to action

    It will be my first time to use the WORKSHOP tool here on Moodle. I ask for your patience. Let us figure this out together.  This tool will allow peer review of the work you submit. I am also piloting the rubrics. For every workshop, there will be two deadlines: one to submit your work and another to assess the work of your classmates. Each workshop is graded: 40% from submission and 60% from assessment.

  • 21 February - 27 February

  • 28 February - 6 March

  • 7 March - 13 March

    You made it! Congratulations on completing your first white paper for this course.

    • Rubric for Complete Paper Page

      Use this rubric to guide your submission.

    • Week 4: White Paper 1 Workshop
      Receive a grade

      The deliverable for week 4 is the complete paper including the executive summary/abstract and the call to action. Late submissions will be accepted but may not accrue grades for the assessment phase of the workshop.

  • 14 March - 20 March

  • 21 March - 27 March

  • 28 March - 3 April

  • 4 April - 10 April

    You made it! Congratulations on completing your second white paper for this course.

    • Rubric for Complete Paper Page

      Use this rubric to guide your submission.

    • Week 4: White Paper 2 Workshop
      Receive a grade

      The deliverable for week 4 is the complete paper including the executive summary/abstract and the call to action. Late submissions will be accepted but may not accrue grades for the assessment phase of the workshop.

  • 11 April - 17 April

  • 18 April - 24 April

  • 25 April - 1 May

  • 2 May - 8 May

    You made it! Congratulations on completing your third and last white paper for this course.

    • Rubric for Complete Paper Page

      Use this rubric to guide your submission.

    • Week 4: White Paper 3 Workshop
      Receive a grade

      The deliverable for week 4 is the complete paper including the executive summary/abstract and the call to action. Late submissions will be accepted but may not accrue grades for the assessment phase of the workshop.

  • 9 May - 15 May

    The final deliverable for this course is a webinar presentation. Each student will choose one white paper to present at the webinar.