A partnership between the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business and BJC Healthcare is helping area health care professionals gain valuable skills in the area of clinical and health care informatics.
A 15-week certificate program, offered through the SIUE School of Business for BJC employees, increases attendees’ informatics proficiency and helps groups of professionals understand the design, selection, testing and implementation of information systems health care organizations. Students learn how to efficiently navigate databases and use database query and reporting tools to generate information for clinical patient care. The program also includes modules in information systems security, information technology planning, the electronic health record, clinical decision support systems, and systems planning and acquisition.
“The area of health care informatics is of emerging importance in our community, and in our society,” said Mary Sumner, associate dean in the SIUE School of Business and professor of computer management and information systems. “Health care professionals use information technology to improve the quality and effectiveness of patient care. We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with BJC Healthcare in the planning, design, and offering of the BJC Clinical and Healthcare Informatics Program. This opportunity will be of mutual benefit to BJC Healthcare, to the University, and to the participants in the program.”
The idea was born when SIUE Provost Paul Ferguson and SIUE Associate Provost Sue Thomas met with professionals through the BJC Lifelong Learning Center who expressed interest in working with the University to provide professional training in the area of clinical and health informatics. SIUE representatives then met with BJC professionals to determine the program’s goals and to develop the competencies for the program.
BJC personnel who complete the program receive a certificate, as well as professional development credits.
ITT Tech to offer free resume workshops
When was the last time you freshened up your resume? Has it been a while since you have dusted off that, “interview suit?” Today’s job market is tight and it takes special skills to stand out and get ahead.
ITT Technical Institute in Arnold is offering a free Resume Writing and Interviewing Skills Clinic on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day. We invite you to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to learn from ITT Career Services specialists. We will discuss everything from writing a professional resume to the skills needed to impress at an interview and hopefully land that job you have always wanted.
Space is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Please call now to reserve your spot. Contact Ted Luhrs at 636-464-6600 or tluhrs@itt-tech.edu
