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


Course Background and Rationale

Course Faculty, 1997

PHAs in class of '97

Course schedule


Course Syllabus (Year Two)

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


CompassRelated 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