REHCE
KIGALI HEALTH INSTITUTE, / REGIONAL E-HEALTH CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REHCE), MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH INFORMATICS
Kigali Health Institute (KHI) is a public higher learning institution established by the government of RWANDA in 1996. It is committed to be a centre of excellence in training and development of health professionals and to train and improve the capacity of health workers.
(REHCE) being hosted by KHI offers a Master of Science in Health Informatics and wishes to inform international interested candidates to apply. This program is a fee-paying evening program with an intake of 30 students beginning on 03nd September 2012. Registration for this intake will begin on 13th August 2012 and end on 27th August 2012.
Vision and Mission
Vision
The vision of the e-Health Center of Excellence is to excel in training and research in E-health systems in the region.
The mission of the e-Health Center of Excellence
The mission of the Centre is to:
- Train highly competent health personnel in health informatics
- Provide in-service short courses for continuous professional development
- Introduce e-health technologies in all medical and health curricula
- Assist in e-learning health programs in Rwanda
- Collaborating with NUR, Schools of Public Health, Teaching hospitals and other reference hospitals in telehealth implementation.
- Conduct health research in health informatics
- Develop new training programs on e-health
Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits)
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Module No. |
Module code |
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Faculty |
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1 |
EHI 611 |
Introduction to ICT |
Prof. Donart Ngarambe |
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2 |
EHI 612 |
Introduction to Strategic Planning for National eHealth (core) |
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3 |
EHI 613 |
Introduction to Knowledge Managment in Health Care Delivery (core) |
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4 |
EHI 614 |
Introduction to management Information System |
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5 |
EHI 615 |
Introduction to Electronic Health records management and Hospital & health information Systems |
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6 |
EHI 616 |
Applications of Mobile phone technology in Health Informatics |
Prof. Santhi Kumaran |
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Post graduate Diploma (60 credits) |
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7 |
EHI 621 |
Medical Imaging Technology and Telemedicine (core) |
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8 |
EHI 622 |
Software based clinical decision making and support systems (core) |
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9 |
EHI 623 |
Introduction to GIS Systems in Health Informatics including Epidemic Monitoring and Control (core) |
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10 |
EHI 624 |
Social-cultural, Legal and Economic impact of Health Informatics (core) |
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11 |
EHI 625 |
Project Management and IT introduction in Health Care Delivery; case studies in Health Informatics (core) |
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12 |
EHI 626 |
Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Informatics intervention programs |
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13 |
EHI 627 |
Introduction to public/consumer Health information system development e.g. Health Kiosks and public health website development |
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14 |
EHI628 |
E-Health Enterprise Architecture (core) |
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15 |
EHI 629 |
Research Methodology |
Prof. Donart Ngarambe |
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M.Sc. Research Project Dissertation (60 credits) |
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Module code |
Title |
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16 |
EH 631 |
Project or Thesis |
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ACP-EU Cooperation Programme in Science and Technology II (S&T II) Grant. Get it