Program Overview

The HILS learning sciences curriculum emphasizes the role of learning in health care environments and the tools needed to facilitate systems changes. HILS introduces distinct models of adaptive change, and students apply their skills immediately to existing problems.

Defining characteristics include:

• Nature of health information
• Role of information technology and informatics
• Translation of biomedical research knowledge into clinical practice or consumer advice
• Complex organizational, social, and regulatory environment in which learning in the health sciences takes place

Program Requirements

To be awarded the HILS MS, you must:

• Complete a minimum of 27 credits of coursework, including required classes
• Complete a Learning Cycle Project

Each of these requirements is discussed further in the sections that follows

Course Requirements

A total of 27 credit hours of coursework is required as follows four types of courses including

• research methods courses: LHS 660 Research Methods for Learning Systems (3 credit hours, fall term)
• courses in the components of the learning cycle: LHS 610 Exploratory Data Analysis for Health (3 credit hours, winter term), LHS 611 Knowledge Representation & Management in Health (3 credit hours, winter term), LHS 621 Implementation Science in Health 1 (3 credit hours, fall term) and LHS 721 Implementation Science in Health 2 (3 credit hours, spring/summer term) are required;
• courses in health infrastructures: LHS 650 Health Infrastructures Pro Seminar 1 (3 credit hours, fall term) amd LHS 671 Ethics & Policy Issues for Learning Health Systems (3 credit hours, winter term) are required;
• elective courses: select two courses (3 credit hours each) that are suited to your area of scholarship in consultation with faculty advisor. A list of suggested classes may be found in Appendix (?)

Other Topics:

Academic Advising

Summer Learning Cycle Project