Continuing Education for Health
Information Management
professionals
Leah Goguen, CHIM
NBHIMA Spring Conference
May 12, 2011
Overview
 Making the Decision to Continue your Formal
Education
 Preparing for Continuing Education
 Your Education Options
Making the Decision
 What do you want to study?
 What delivery mode will work best for you?
Preparing for Continuing Education
 Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR)
 Articulation Agreements

recognition of completed diploma by continuing educational
institution
 Credit Transfer

Course outlines and transcripts
 Portfolio—Experiential PLAR

Evidence of your knowledge and/or skills
Your Education Options
 Certification Programs
 Degree Programs
 3-year Bachelor’s degrees (90 credits)
 4-year Bachelor’s degrees (120 credits)
 Master’s degrees
 and beyond (PhD)…
Certifications/Other Programs
 Project Management Professional (PMP)
certification through the Project Management
Institute: www.pmi.org
 Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) certification
through the National Cancer Registrars Association:
www.ncra-usa.org
 Management program options available through
Canadian Healthcare Association:
www.learning.cha.ca/COURSEDESCRIPTIONS.aspx
HIM Bachelor’s Degrees
 Ryerson University: www.ryerson.ca
Winston Isaac
Tel: 416-979-5000 ext. 6643
E-mail: wisaac@ryerson.ca
 The University of Ontario Institute of Technology:
www.healthsciences.uoit.ca/EN/main/82495/26906/86833/health_in
formation_management.html
Kerry Johnson
Tel: 905-721-8668, ext. 2896
Email: kerry.johnson@uoit.ca
Other Educational Institutions for Degrees
 UNB

Fredericton—Bachelor of Integrated Studies


http://www.unb.ca/cel/programs/undergraduate/index.html
Saint John—Bachelor of Applied Management

http://www.unb.ca/saintjohn/business/programs/bam/index.html
 Crandall University

Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management

http://www.crandallu.ca/cu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=301&Itemid=1669
 Athabasca University

Bachelor of Health Administration (3 year)


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http://www2.athabascau.ca/programs/bhadmn/
Bachelor of Management (3 year) http://www2.athabascau.ca/programs/bman3/
Bachelor of Management (4 year) http://www2.athabascau.ca/programs/bman4/
HIM Masters Degree
 The College of St. Scholastica

(Master’s in Health Information Management)

http://www.css.edu/Admissions/Graduate-Studies/Health-InformationManagement.html
Health Informatics Training in Canada
 http://coachorg.com/health_informatics/health_inf
ormatics_education/hi_education_in_canada.htm
Questions