Program Overview

Program Description

The Biomedical Informatics Program considers developing biomedical systems that depend on biomedical informatics principles. The mission of the program is to produce market-ready and competent biomedical informaticists who can build biomedical systems, solve complex real-life problems, carry out research and innovation to meet local and global labor market needs, promoting practical professional ethical client engagement, and providing students with the fundamental knowledge and skills needed in the field of biomedical informatics.

Objectives

A few years after graduation, graduates of the Biomedical Informatics program will:

• PEO1-Career Achievement: have successfully pursued careers as biomedical informaticists, designers, and developers providing innovative biomedical informatics-based solutions to real-life problems.
• PEO2-Professional Development: have demonstrated professional engagement through teamwork, effective communication, and pursuing continuous adaptive lifelong self-learning.
• PEO3-Social Responsibility: have contributed to the welfare and advancement of society as well as the development of the profession through responsible practices demonstrating entrepreneurial readiness to create innovative biomedical informatics-based ideas, products, and services.

Outcomes

Graduates of the program will be able to:

• Identify, formulate, and solve complex problems by applying principles of biomedical informatics, science, and mathematics.
• Apply biomedical systems design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
• Communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in biomedical informatics situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of biomedical informatics solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
• Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
• Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use biomedical informatics judgment to draw conclusions.
• Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Degree Requirements

The degree requirements for the Biomedical Informatics program are as follows:

• University Requirements: 20 Cr.Hrs.
• Mathematics & Basic Science: 36 Cr.Hrs.
• Biomedical Informatics: 49 Cr.Hrs.
• Advanced Specialty Requirements: 36 Cr.Hrs.
• Bioinformatics: 0 Cr.Hrs.
• Project & Training: 10 Cr.Hrs.
• Total: 157 Cr.Hrs.

Specifications for Graduates

The graduate of the Biomedical Informatics program has all the modules of graduates of biomedical informatics programs. The graduates have the following characteristics intensively:

• The ability to develop biomedical systems that use biomedical informatics principles.
• The ability to apply biomedical informatics systems on real-life applications.

Job Opportunities

Graduates of the Biomedical Informatics program can pursue career opportunities in:

• Biomedical informatics manufacturers (or manufacturing companies).
• Factories and companies operating in biomedical informatics systems.
• Biomedical informatics home components manufacturers.
• Ministries and government agencies related to biomedical informatics systems.