HI 6309 Healthcare Interface Design

Course Type: Advanced
Credit Hours: 3

This course assists the student in the area of technical writing, the development of 
scholarly and academic writing abilities. Each student will complete the process of 
generating a written document from topic selection through outlining, drafting, and 
revising. Writing in the field of Biomedical Informatics will be addressed and the genre 
of written discourse in informatics will be explored by the student. The elements of the 
recursive writing process and a review of the technical aspects of writing will also be 
considered. Critical reading, thinking and writing will be emphasized in the course. 
Weekly assignments require writing throughout the course.  A course writing project is 
required such as developing a manuscript for review, submission and possible 
publication. 

This course covers topics of user interface design for health information systems, medical devices, consumer health web sites, and other healthcare related systems. Students will have the opportunity to learn the fundamental principles of human-computer interaction and human factors and learn how to apply them to real world problems through class projects. The focus is on learning why user-friendly interfaces can greatly improve work productivity and enhance the quality of health care without radically changing the underlying technology.

Prerequisites

Access to the Internet, personal computer, consent of instructor

Additional Information

Course Goals

Upon successfully finishing this course, you will master the fundamental phenomena in health interface design and learn how to evaluate existing user interfaces and design new human-centered interfaces applying related theories, principles, methodologies, and techniques.