This document provides an overview of an introductory health informatics course (HI 201) taught by Dr. Iris Thiele Isip Tan at the University of the Philippines. The course covers various topics related to health informatics including global health, eHealth, health information systems, electronic health records, personal health records, and more. Interactive teaching methods are used, such as driving questions, digital artifacts, blogging, and social media engagement. The goal is to make learning visible and encourage participation, collaboration, and knowledge sharing among students.

1. HI 201
Health Informatics
Iris Thiele Isip Tan, MD MSc
Chief, UP Medical Informatics Unit
Assoc Professor, UP College of Medicine
By Antonio Zugaldia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/azugaldia/
7457645618) via Wikimedia Commons

3. Health
Informatics
Global health
& eHealth a tool for
Health
Informatics in the
Philippines
has influenced
Health
information
systems in
developing
countries
transforms
IT governance
& management
Enterprise
architecture in
healthcare
through
Electronic
health records: issues
and challenges
solves
leads to
Personal
health
records
Knowledge
management &
information retrieval
generate data
needing
Privacy,
Confidentiality,
Security & Trust
magnifies
need for
Legal &
regulatory issues in
eHealth
engenders
Telehealth
mHealth
Gamification
for health
enables technology for
Standards &
interoperability
require
require
Clinical
decision
support prompts
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5. Make
learning
visible
Share on
social media
Blend
and engage
Brainy people by lusi,
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1072657
Twitter expert by mkhmarketing,
https://flic.kr/p/e1GtBw Screenshot from uvle.upd.edu.ph

6. Make
learning
visible
Share on
social media
Blend
and engage
Brainy people by lusi,
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1072657
Twitter expert by mkhmarketing,
https://flic.kr/p/e1GtBw Screenshot from uvle.upd.edu.ph

7. Heather Wolpert-GawronProject-based Learning
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-heck-
project-based-learning-heather-wolpert-gawron
PBL is the act of learning
through identifying a
real-world problem and
developing its solution. Kids
show what they learn as they
journey through the unit, not
just at the end.
“
Lego by dziegener, http://www.freeimages.com/photo/143341

8. Initiate & focus the inquiry;
Captures & communicates
the purpose of the project
For the teacher
For the student
The Driving Question
FAQ by beni_bb, http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1444908
Guides the project work;
answers the question “Why
are we doing this?”
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-how-to-write-
driving-questions-andrew-miller
How to write effective driving
questions for PBL by Andrew Miller

9. Directed question
based on facts
Open-ended question
based on concepts or ideas
Driving question
3 stacked river stones by unseenob,
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/663281
http://www.jetspost.com/eportfolio/pbl/driving_questions.htm
require research, investigation and reflection
call on a student’s previous knowledge
encourage multiple approaches to problem solving

10. Question mark by 7rains, http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1323680
What is the
relevance of
informatics to
global health
and ehealth?
How is global health
related to ehealth?
Is informatics related
to global health or
ehealth?
What is informatics?
global health?
ehealth?
DIRECTED
question
OPEN-ENDED
question
DRIVING
question
Week 2: Informatics, Global Health & eHealth

11. Question mark by 7rains, http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1323680
How can we
advance the
field of health
informatics in the
Philippines?
What factors
hinder the
progress of the field
of health informatics
in the Philippines?
What is the state
of the field of health
informatics in the
Philippines?
DIRECTED
question
OPEN-ENDED
question
DRIVING
question
Week 3: Health Informatics in the Philippines

12. Question mark by 7rains, http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1323680
How can health
informations systems
be sustainable
in developing
countries?
What
problems exist
for health information
systems in
developing countries?
What are health
information
systems?
DIRECTED
question
OPEN-ENDED
question
DRIVING
question
Week 4: Health Information Systems in Developing Countries

13. New Competences for Learning
John Sandars, Education for Primary Care 2009;20:340–2
Enquiry
Production
Participation
Digital literacy
Person:question by cobrasoft, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1124847

14. Week 9: Personal Health Records
Enquiry
Choose an online PHR
service or app
Production
Create a
scoring system.
Participation
Sign up for an online PHR
service or try an app
Digital literacy
Write a blog post.
Examine privacy &
confidentiality agreement.
What features are considered critical or most useful
by users of personal health records?
Assignment: Sign up for a free trial of an online PHR service or
try using a mobile PHR app. Create a scoring system to evaluate
usefulness of personal health records and publish on your blog.

15. Remembering
Recognizing, listing, describing, identifying,
retrieving, naming, locating, finding
Understanding
Interpreting, summarizing, inferring,
paraphrasing, classifying, comparing,
explaining, exemplifying
Applying
Implementing, carrying out, using, executing
Analyzing
Comparing, organizing, deconstructing,
attributing, outlining, finding,
structuring, integrating
Evaluating
Checking, hypothesizing,
critiquing, experimenting, judging,
testing, detecting, monitoring
Creating
Designing, constructing, planning, producing,
inventing, devising, making
Bloom’s
Taxonomy
http://www.techlearning.com/article/44988
Updown arrows by yirsh,
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/983153

16. Bloom’s
Digital
Taxonomy
http://www.techlearning.com/article/44988
Updown arrows by yirsh,
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/983153
Remembering
bullet pointing, highlighting, bookmarking, social
networking, social bookmarking, favoriting/local
bookmarking, searching, googling
Understanding
advanced searches, boolean searches, blog
journaling, twittering, categorizing, commenting,
annotating, subscribing
Applying
running, loading, playing, operating, hacking,
uploading, sharing, editing
Analyzing
mashing, linking, tagging, validating, reverse-
engineering, cracking
Evaluating
(blog/vlog) commenting, reviewing, posting,
moderating, collaborating, networking, refactoring,
(alpha & beta) testing
Creating
programming, filming, animating, blogging, video
blogging, mixing, remixing, wiki-ing, publishing,
videocasting, podcasting, directing/producing

17. Digital Artifact
Addresses a course theme
Suggest that author understands a key concept
The choice of media is appropriate
The artifact stimulates a reaction (e.g. emotion, thinking, action)
Digital Artefact for #EDCMOOC
Wk.5 by David Hopkins
http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/
elearning/digital-artefact-for-edcmooc-wk-5/

18. Wk 1 Introduction
Start a blog. Write about
course expectations.
Wk 2 Informatics, Global
Health & eHealth
Make a concept map.
Write a blog post.
Wk 3 Health Informatics
in the Philippines
Make an infographic.
Write a blog post.
Wk 4 Health information
systems in developing
countries
Make a mind map.
Write a blog post.
Wk 7 Electronic health
records: issues &
challenges
Create a slide presentation.
Upload on slideshare.net
Wk 5 Governance &
management in health
informatics
Write a blog post.
Wk 11 Knowledge
management &
information retrieval
Write a blog post.
Wk 12 Privacy,
Confidentiality,
Security & Trust
Write a blog post.
Wk 8 Personal
health records
Make a scoring system.
Write a blog post.
Wk 9 Standards &
interoperability
Create a master plan.
Publish on blog.
Wk 13 Legal & regulatory
issues in eHealth
Class debate.
Publish on blog.
Wk 10 Clinical
decision support
Suggest CDS for CHITS.
Write a blog post.
Wk 6 Enterprise
architecture in healthcare
Role play.
Write a blog post.
Wk 14 Telehealth
Evaluate Telehealth bill.
Write a blog post.
Wk 15 mHealth
Propose an app idea.
Publish on blog.
Wk 16 Gamification
for health
Evaluate a game app.
Publish on blog.

19. https://jdonsoriano.wordpress.com/
2014/09/07/gear-up-for-change/
Week 3. Health Informatics
in the Philippines
Make an infographic.

20. http://abbydariel.blogspot.com/2014/09/what-
are-factors-affecting-advancement.html
Week 3. Health Informatics
in the Philippines
Make an infographic.

21. Week 3. Health Informatics
in the Philippines
Make an infographic.
http://grz23.tumblr.com/post/
96373774547/uphill-climb

22. https://withjoyfulsenescence.wordpress.com/
2014/09/07/make-way-filipinos-be-hip/
Week 3. Health Informatics
in the Philippines
Make an infographic.

23. I blog by alamodestuff, https://flic.kr/p/7CxKN9
Positive digital
footprints
Communicating
with digital tools
Transparency
for parents & family
New ways of
thinking about
Web tools
Effective
digital
citizenship
5 Reasons Why Our Students are Writing Blogs
and Creating ePortfolios by Jenny Luca
http://plpnetwork.com/2011/08/26/5-reasons-why-our-
students-are-writing-blogs-and-creating-eportfolios/
ePortfolio

24. Make
learning
visible
Share on
social media
Blend
and engage
Brainy people by lusi,
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1072657
Twitter expert by mkhmarketing,
https://flic.kr/p/e1GtBw Screenshot from uvle.upd.edu.ph

25. Network Spheres by gerard70, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1008232
Connectivism
Knowledge is distributed
across a network of connections ...
learning is the ability to construct
and traverse those networks.
Stephen Downes (2007)

26. The instructor is
a network facilitator.
Deirdre Bonnycastle, Medical Education Blog (2007)
http://words.usask.ca/medicaleducation/2007/02/02/five-theories-about-learning/
Connectivism

27. #Endocrinology #HealthInformatics
#mHealth #SoMe for health promotion
#FlipClass #MedEd #HCLDR
#HealthXPh

28. Personal
Learning Network
Informal learning network
that consists of people a
learner interacts with and
derives knowledge from in
a personal learning
environment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefangmonster/352461415/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Learning_Networks

29. #HealthXPh NodeXL map
26 Jan 2015

30. #Hashtag
Used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet
Created organically by Twitter users as a way
to categorize messages
- Twitter Help Center

31. #HI201Course hashtag
#MSHI Graduate program hashtag
link to blog

33. Tagging the teacher

34. Building a Community
of Inquiry on Twitter
#MSHI

35. Building a Community
of Inquiry on Facebook
UP MSHI closed group

37. PMIS public group
Building a Community
of Inquiry on Facebook

40. From Slideshare deck of Darren Kuropatwa http://www.slideshare.net/dkuropatwa/
making-student-thinking-visible-v2

41. Make
learning
visible
Share on
social media
Blend
and engage
Brainy people by lusi,
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1072657
Twitter expert by mkhmarketing,
https://flic.kr/p/e1GtBw Screenshot from uvle.upd.edu.ph

42. HI 201
Health Informatics
University Virtual
Learning Environment

43. A Simple Lecture
Recording Setup
Dr. Charles Severance
http://www.slideshare.net/csev/coursera-poster

44. ScreenFlow 5 $99.99

45. Logitech C920
HD webcam
Wacom Intuos
tablet (small)
Blue Snowball
USB Microphone

46. HI 201: Health
Informatics playlist
The Endocrine Witch

47. HI 201: Health
Informatics playlist
The Endocrine Witch

48. HI 201
Health Informatics
University Virtual
Learning Environment

49. HI 201
Health Informatics
University Virtual
Learning Environment

50. Re-envisioning Pedagogy:
Educators as Curators
Corinne Weisgerber
& Shannan Butler
SLIDE CREDIT
http://www.slideshare.net/corinnew/reenvisioning-modern-pedagogy-educators-as-curators-11879841

51. HI 201
Health Informatics
University Virtual
Learning Environment

54. Watch
video
Driving question
Read
List of resources
on UVLe
Submit
assignment
Upload to UVLe
Blog
Tweet
Post
Reporting
in class
Learning Sequence HI 201: Health Informatics

55. https://burrherber.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/drommen-
lever-the-dream-is-alive-finale-blog-for-hi201/
My Journey to Informatics
by Burr Heber

56. Student Feedback https://burrherber.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/drommen-
lever-the-dream-is-alive-finale-blog-for-hi201/
My Journey to Informatics
by Burr Heber

57. Teachers open
the door but you
must enter by
yourself.
- Chinese Proverb
HI 201: Health Informatics Iris Thiele Isip Tan MD, MSc
Open door in dark room by Matthew Rader,
https://flic.kr/p/5BFTmK