NIHI McMaster CE microcredential courses this spring

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, beginning spring 2025. They are: “ePrivacy Fundamentals,” “ePrivacy Risk Management,” “Effective Dashboards for Healthcare,” “Leadership in Healthcare: Change Leadership,” and “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.”

ePrivacy Fundamentals
13 Sessions. 10 Recorded & 3 Live. Interactive. Online.
March 31, April 14, April 28, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Health care is undergoing a revolution driven by advances in information and communication technologies. Precision medicine, consumer health, virtual care, the Internet of things and other innovations are changing the nature of health care, driving efficiency, effectiveness and healthcare outcomes. However, with each innovation come new risks to the privacy and security of personal health information. More Information

ePrivacy Risk Management
13 Sessions. 10 Recorded & 3 Live. Interactive. Online.
May 12, 26, and June 9, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

This course teaches you how to identify, assess and manage privacy risk. It covers risk management principles, Privacy Impact Assessment, Threat and Risk Assessment, monitoring and auditing, managing privacy breaches and complaints and privacy training. This course will also guide you on how to build privacy into the design of your programs, services and products. It addresses Privacy by Design (PbD) principles, privacy and security standards and guidelines, PbD and emerging technologies, in building security into healthcare solutions. More Information

Effective Dashboards for Healthcare
Weekly, Tuesday April 15 – June 17, 2025
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

Healthcare organizations are rich in data. The development of effective data visualization tools empowers healthcare leaders to make data-informed decisions. Adopting interactive and user-friendly dashboards facilitates the interpretation of data to gain insights to benefit the organization’s performance. This course will outline a practical approach to developing and adopting dashboards that healthcare leaders will want to use. More Information

Leadership in Health Care: Change Leadership
Weekly, Wednesday April 16 – June 11, 2025
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

Change Leadership offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of strategies for effectively leading organizational change within the healthcare sector. This course emphasizes the importance of vision and strategy, a focus on people, and clear communication in leading effective and meaningful change. Key topics include planning and implementing change, measuring progress and success, overcoming barriers, and fostering a culture that embraces change. Relevant examples from healthcare are explored, such as changes for integrating artificial intelligence tools and modernizing healthcare workforce practices. More Information

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Weekly, Thursday April 3 – June 19, 2025
No session on April 10 or May 15
Two sections available for registration: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Change Leadership offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of strategies for effectively leading organizational change within the healthcare sector. This course emphasizes the importance of vision and strategy, a focus on people, and clear communication in leading effective and meaningful change. Key topics include planning and implementing change, measuring progress and success, overcoming barriers, and fostering a culture that embraces change. Relevant examples from healthcare are explored, such as changes for integrating artificial intelligence tools and modernizing healthcare workforce practices. More Information