Minor in Population Health Informatics

About the Program

Population Health Informatics Minor (18 credit hours) is the scientific discipline of developing, implementing, analyzing, and evaluating information systems to improve and enhance health outcomes in healthcare systems and in communities.

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What will you learn?

You will develop knowledge, skills, and competencies in modern health informatics. It will broaden your interests, pave the way for graduate studies, and create professional opportunities in health informatics and the public health job market.

Where to after graduation?

Typical jobs include health analysts, project coordinators/managers, data managers, or statistical programmers in government agencies, health departments, healthcare systems, health insurance companies, research institutes, non-profit healthcare organizations, and community health organizations.

Is this program for you?

If you are from public health or other health-related disciplines, curious about the systems and topics that influence population health and want to integrate analytics and informatics skills into your studies, this will be a good path for you.

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Connect with our Admissions Team

Becky Kronenberg, MPH
Undergraduate Advisor, SPH
rkrnnbrg@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-8243

Briana McNeil, M.Ed. 
Coordinator, Recruitment and Admissions
sphadmissions@memphis.edu
Phone: (901) 678-3740

Admission Information

Requirements:

There are no prerequisites to declare a minor in Population Health Informatics. The program requires 18 credit hours: 3 lower division hours, 9 hours from the Public Health upper division core, and 6 hours from the list of approved electives.

Curriculum

Lower Division Core (3 Hours) 

Choose one of two options: 

• PUBH 2181: Population Health and Society Credit Hours: (3)
• HLSC 2200: Introduction to Public Health & Health Sciences Credit Hours: (3)

Upper Division Core (9 Hours) 

Select any three courses: 

• PUBH 3150: Health Data Analytics and Informatics Credit Hours: (3)
• HCL 3020: Healthcare Informatics ** Credit Hours: (3) 
• PUBH 3103: Fundamentals of Population Health Informatics Credit Hours: (3)
• PUBH 4102: Applications of Health Informatics in Population Health Credit Hours: (3)

** HCL 3020 can be used to substitute for PUBH 3150, but students should not take both courses.

Electives (6 Hours) 

• PUBH 4103: Managing Population Health Data Credit Hours: (3)
• PUBH 4151: Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health II (3)

Competencies

• Understand the principles of health informatics to address important or emerging issues in population health
• Use modern computational and statistical tools to collect, manage, and code quantitative and qualitative data in population health
• Apply epidemiological and biostatistical methods to analyze data and interpret results
• Employ evidence-based approaches to inform public health research, policy and practice  
• Assess population health needs and community capacities in communities
• Design and evaluate health informatics interventions to address population health issues
• Understand and discuss cultural competence, racism, structural bias, and other social inequalities in population health
• Assess population health literature and research quantitatively and critically
• Communicate population health issues scientifically and effectively