Course Description:

The practicum course builds upon the concepts and technology introduced in related informatics course work to provide experiences in informatics applications in health care settings.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, the student will -

Prerequisite: Nursing 5402 Healthcare Information Systems

Corequisites: Nursing 5403 Analysis & Design of Healthcare Information Systems

This course will require students to use the following software applications: Microsoft Office including Access; Microsoft Visio, & Microsoft Project. Students may elect to download trial versions of Visio and Project at key points during the course.

Supplemental Resources: Refer to your intermediate level Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Access) resource that you purchased in previous courses. In addition, you may determine that you need a resource for Microsoft Visio. Make this determination AFTER you have reviewed online resources. I recommend going to a bookstore and spending some time reading several of these references to determine if the mix between text and pictures meet your needs. You will use this throughout the remainder of the curriculum.

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm.

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm.

Students will use Microsoft Access, Project, and Visio during this course. You may elect to download trial versions from links provided within the course. These trial versions are timelimited, so be sure and download them when you are ready to use them. Should you determine that you will purchase the software, Visio would be the first priority since it is widely used in practice.

Please see the separate page inside the course to find instructor contact information as well as a statement of virtual office hours and other communication information.

Grading rubrics are presented with each assignment to alert students to key components and how point value will be assigned. All work is submitted online. No credit will be given for assignments that are not presented in a professional manner. Work presented with grammatical errors, spelling errors, incomplete thoughts/sentences etc. will not be graded. All Due Dates are noted on the calendar! These assignments are structured to build both conceptual and application skills that will be required in practice. Be sure and retain copies of output for future reference.

All students are expected to adhere to the policies and guidelines of the honor code system as outlined in your Home University Student Handbook and the RODP. Any academic or professional misconduct, including cheating, will be grounds for immediate dismissal from the program.  Plagiarism or cheating will result in an "F" in the course.

• 93-100---A
• 85-92---B
• 77-84---C
• 70-76---D
• <70---F

MSPS Students:

• Visio Workflow & Entity Relationship Diagrams - 5%
• Access Database - 5%
• Project Timeline - 5%
• Excel Applications - 10%
• Clinical Software Application Project - 75%

Late Policy: Assignments are not accepted after the due date unless prior arrangements are made in < advance> of the due date.  This course is demanding, so it is imperative that you stay on target with your progress!

Students are expected to:

• Check the course calendar for the due dates of assignments.
• Check the course bulletin board frequently for announcements.  

Library

The Tennessee Virtual Library is available to all students enrolled in the Regents Degree Program. Links to library materials (such as electronic journals, databases, interlibrary loans, digital reserves, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, and librarian support) and Internet resources needed by learners to complete online assignments and as background reading must be included in all courses. 

Students With Disabilities

Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable and necessary academic accommodations if determined eligible by the appropriate disability services staff at their home institution. Prior to granting disability accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of a student's eligibility for specific accommodations from the disability services staff at the home institution. It is the student's responsibility to initiate contact with their home institution's disability services staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor.

Syllabus Changes

The instructor reserves the left to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by individual email communication and posting both notification and nature of change(s) on the course bulletin board.

Technical Support