All you need to know to become 'HIP' (a Health Informatics Professional)

Article by HISA CEO Dr Louise Schaper

As Australia’s health informatics organisation, HISA receives regular enquiries from a wide range of people and organisations. Hardly a week goes by where we don’t get an enquiry from someone who has recently discovered health informatics and they contact us looking for advice and guidance as to what their next steps should be. How do they know if health informatics is for them? Is there somewhere they can go and study? How should they choose what and where to study? Can they train on the job? What career options are available? Are there jobs available?

These ‘emerging health informatics professionals’ are far from a homogenous group — some are post-graduate students, some are practicing clinicians, while others are from health information management or IT backgrounds. What they do have in common is an interest in health informatics and are unsure about how and what they should do next.

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