Informatics Training for
CDC Public Health Advisors
July 1997
Year Two Curriculum
A one-week course
in Public Health Informatics
for CDC Public Health Advisors
Public Health Informatics Overview of course
IRM & IRM Planning
Introduction to Information Architecture
Introduction to Networks
Databases & Database Design
Data standards
Web Basics
Finding what you need on the Web: strategies for success
Publishing on the WWW Why and Why not
Establishing a Web Presence
CDC Systems-Inferring architecture
Managing information
technology personnel and projects
IT Procurement
How to cause IT Disasters
Confidentiality, Privacy, & Security
IT Consultation
Related Sites:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
University of Washington
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Send comments on this curriculum to: Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH
This informatics curriculum was developed by
Patrick
O'Carroll, MD, MPH, Course Director, and Edward Coleman, Course Administrator,
Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
It was developed in collaboration with
The Summer
Institute for Public Health Practice, School of Public Health and Community
Medicine, University of Washington,
with financial support from The
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention