The following set of courses are offered via online institutions as an alternative to formal tertiary level education in the above section. These courses come at discounted prices and in some cases are free. The following are aimed at people that are seeking an introduction to the field or are looking to develop their skill set further. These are multi format courses, including textbooks, videos, quizzes and online lectures done at the convenience of the learner. Often, these courses will result in a certificate of completion for the learner, though no formal qualification.
All Coursera course can be completed for free, but paying fees results in access to a wider range on information and certification of completion.
Times for completion are in almost all cases, approximations only.
Health Care IT: Challenges and Opportunities
Institute Ichan School of Medicine and Mt. Sinai, via Coursera
Courses Week 1: Legal framework of health IT (4 modules), Week 2: Patient perspectives in health IT (3 modules), Week 3: Patient’s guide to medical technology (4 modules), Week 4: A focus on digital medicine (5 modules), Week 5: The rise of the EHR (6 modules)
Cost $49 USD
Form Online course – interactive textbook, videos, quizzes and projects
Entry criteria Open course for any individual to take part in
Length 11 hours
E-Health: More than just an Electronic Health Record
Institute University of Sydney, via Coursera
Courses Module one: What is E-Health, Module two: Health in our hands, Module three: Data and quantified self, Week four: interaction with professionals using new technology, and Week 5: E-Health in practice
Cost $49 USD
Form Online course – interactive textbook, videos, quizzes and projects
Entry criteria Open course for any individual to take part in
Length 12 hours
Recommended for Health clinicians, students, managers, administrators, and researchers who want to reflect on the overall impact of E-Health on the integration of care
Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics
Institute University of Minnesota, via Coursera
Courses Week 1: Informatics theory, Week 2: Data, Information and knowledge, Week 3: HER components and evidence based practise, Week 4: Quality improvement, Week 5: Telehealth, Week 6: Community and population, Week 7: Informatics, gaming and simulation, Week 8: Informatics and ethics, Week 9: Data exchange and interoperability, Week 10: Informatics and foundation of knowledge
Cost $49 USD
Form Online course – interactive textbook, videos, quizzes and projects
Entry criteria Open course for any individual to take part in
Length 10 weeks
Recommended for All health care and IT professionals, or anyone with an interest in either or both
Health Information for Innovative, Values and Enrichment (Admin/IT perspective)
Institute Columbia University, via Coursera
Courses Module 1: Course and case introduction, Module 2: Meeting family healthcare clinic team, Module 3: Getting a patient to their appointment, Module 4: Achieving coordinated, team based care
Cost $49 USD
Form Online course – interactive textbook, videos, quizzes and projects
Entry criteria Open course for any individual to take part in
Length 4 weeks
Recommended for Anyone working in health, IT, population health, public health, as well as those that are training in these respective fields
Health Information for Innovative, Values and Enrichment (Clinical perspective)
Institute Columbia University, via Coursera
Courses Module 1: Patients and the ED, Module 2: Patients and the waiting process, Module 3: The patients see a physician (part 1), Module 4: the patient
Cost $49 USD
Form Online course – interactive textbook, videos, quizzes and projects
Entry criteria Open course for any individual to take part in
Length 12-40 hrs
Recommended for Anyone working in health, IT, population health, public health, as well as those that are training in these respective fields
Designing E-Learning for Health
Institute The University of Nottingham, via Future Learn
Courses Topics covered: Small multimedia learning resources, the ASPIRE framework, storyboarding for resources, turning storyboards into final specification, quality assurance with resource creation, and tools and tips for future resource development
Cost Free
Form Online course taught through videos
Entry criteria Open course for anyone to take part in
Length 15hrs
Recommended for Anyone who has an interest in designing e-learning. While our focus is around health, the course and methods presented are transferable to many other contexts and sectors
Health Informatics in the Cloud
Institute Georgia Institute of Technology, via Udacity
Courses 10 lessons, including a broad, forward-facing overview of contemporary health informatics, a specialized field of computing that seeks to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery
Cost Free
Form Online course, including lectures and quizzes
Entry criteria There are no academic prerequisites, but knowledge of web programming is required
Length 15 hours
Recommended for People from programming who are interested in health informatics
Health Informatics Forum Youtube Channel
These have been curated by @chris.paton and cover a broad swath of health informatics topics (there is a total of 250hrs of video here):