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Additionally, we get many questions about our Master of Health Informatics program, which is a joint program of the School of Information and the School of Public Health.

To provide our readers with a perspective from a current student, Connie Jeng has contributed to our blog today.  She writes:

Two years ago I co-founded a non-profit organization, which is devoted to improving the quality of life in Ghana through educational and health sanitation projects. Through my work, it became clear to me that better transmission of health information was essential to improving the quality of life for those in developing nations. I decided to pursue a Masters of Health Informatics from the University of Michigan because of its focus on leadership and innovation to solving health care issues. I strongly believe that the lessons I’m learning at the University of Michigan are better preparing me to address the health care challenges in the U.S. and abroad. Here are the top 5 lessons that I have learned thus far as a Master of Health Informatics student:

• Being part of both the School of Information and School of Public Health means you have twice the amount of resources as most students. No matter what area of health informatics you want to study, there is always someone who can give you guidance and help you pursue your area of interest. This also means you have access to twice the amount of career services, advising staff, and study rooms! 
• Informatics is not as scary as I thought it’d be. Coming into the program with a social sciences background, I was intimated by the School of Information classes; however, I found that informatics is a nice balance between studying information and the ways that people interact with information technologies. Many of the classes are real-world applicable.
• Take advantage of the many campus events that are available to students. I’ve had the opportunity to meet influential people from big companies as well as listen to inspiring leaders about their work in the health informatics field. This has really broadened my perspective on how technology can be used to improve health care.
• Being in a smaller program within a big school gives you the best of both worlds. I have access to a lot of knowledgeable faculty and resources but there’s a small-school feel in the MHI group. Everyone in the program knows each other really well and we’re able to make better connections with faculty and staff members.
•  Studying a growing field means there are endless amounts of opportunity. Not only is health informatics going to be a high demand career but you get to be creative with your work. Think about the missing gaps in today’s health care and how you can solve them!

For general questions about Health Informatics contact hi.inquiries@umich.edu.

For questions about admissions, please contact hi.admissions@umich.edu.