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Certificate of Professional Development in Nursing Informatics

Aims and Summary.

Within Sri Lanka, nurses have been found to lack knowledge, confidence and readiness for e-health technology in their workplace. Where, nurses’ confidence in using ICT in their practice generally, as well as their overall acceptance of ICT in the workplace, is low. The healthcare sector, in general, are gradually investing on expanding their services and setting up to e-health and becoming more oriented to automated systems. This course will contribute to the training of nurses to bridge the gap between healthcare and technology.  

 

Nursing Informatics combines knowledge and skills from nursing science, computer science, information science and cognitive science to design and implement automated systems that support the nursing process in the delivery of healthcare services. With the rapid evolution of Nursing Informatics, many organizations are beginning to recognize the impact and value Nursing Informatics professionals can have on the quality of patient care, including improved safety. Nurse informaticists impact workflow, facilitate communication between IT and nursing, as well as support more acceptance of clinical systems used in healthcare daily.

The aim of this Course is to
introduce the important informatics tools that are currently being utilized in healthcare.
provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills to ensure safe and quality care.
introduce Electronic Health Records (EHR), telehealth, personal reference management software, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), and HIPAA will be emphasized throughout the course.
Key course information

 

Course level Level 4
Course Commencement Applicants may commence this course when the required number of applicants for the course have been registered.

Course will be offered in 3 intakes per academic year – March, July and November.
Credits toward CU qualification 40
Total student study hours 400
Total study weeks 32
Pre-requisites and co-requisites Applicants should have successfully completed a 3-year recognised nursing qualification.

 

Applications will be encouraged from non-standard entrants with relevant experiential learning and evidence of continuing professional development.

 

Candidates who have not completed their prior education in English are required to have achieved IELTS 6.5 with no component lower than 5.5. Other accepted measures of English language are; TOEFL-iBT: at least 12 for listening, 13 for reading, 21 for writing and 18 for speaking or PTE Academic: at least 50 for each of the 4 components or OET: at least B for each of the 4 components or Cambridge C1 Advanced test: at least 169 in each of the 4 components or CEFR Scale: at least B2 level.

 

Candidates must possess basic knowledge in IT including; MS office packages (MS Word and MS PowerPoint), internet and email.

 

All candidates must be available to allocate the required study time over a consecutive period of 32 weeks (8 months) from the date of course commencement.  This includes online interactive lessons and as well as self-study.
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