Clinical Informatics Executive Certificate

The Executive Certificate in Clinical Informatics is intended to meet the needs of students who desire a deep introduction to health and biomedical informatics for professional careers, but do not need a master’s degree or do not wish to commit to a full master’s level program.

Ideal Candidates for the this Certificate

As a student interested in pursuing this certificate, you may fall into one or more of the following categories:

• You are a clinician, such as a nurse or physician, and want a rapid and deep immersion in the field in order to move into a clinical informatics or nursing informatics position in a hospital or medical center where you already work.
• You are a computer science or engineering student with a strong quantitative background who works with, or would like to work with health data.
• You are a hospital administrator or executive who oversees departments that include clinicians and IT specialists. Our certificate program will allow you to speak the language of these groups.
• You would like as much training in health informatics as possible but are unsure if you can commit to a full master's program.
• You are planning to apply to medical school, a graduate program in nursing or another clinical field, or a PhD program in a field related to health and biomedical informatics.