NIHI McMaster CE microcredential courses this fall

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, beginning fall 2025. They are: “Data Strategy for Healthcare Organizations,” “Leadership in Healthcare,” “ROI Thinking in Healthcare,” “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare,” and “Cybersecurity for Privacy Professionals.”

Data Strategy for Healthcare Organizations: Unlocking Value and Insight from Data
10 Sessions. 6 Recorded & 4 Live. Interactive. Online
October 3, October 20, November 3, & November 17, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
This course offers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to data strategy and data governance for healthcare organizations. Participants will explore how to develop and implement effective data strategies while establishing strong governance practices that ensure data quality, security, and ethical use of patient information. More Information

Leadership in Healthcare: Learning to Lead
9 Sessions. Live. Interactive. Online.
Weekly, Tuesdays, October 7 – December 9, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Many think that great leaders are born not made. And we have many examples of leaders who were in the right place at the right time – to lead a country, a government, a company to success. But day-to-day, many “ordinary” men and women often in a managerial or executive leadership position, need to lead their employees, colleagues, and collaborators daily and provide vision, inspiration, and leadership to accomplish the goals and objectives of their departments, units, or organizations. More Information

ROI Thinking in Healthcare
Weekly, Wednesdays, October 8 – November 12, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
The key to survival in the healthcare industry is to connect the dots and show bottom-line accountability while maintaining quality and efficiency. To meet this challenge healthcare organizations must be more efficient and effective. Essentially they need to spend less, have better patient outcomes and provide higher patient satisfaction. This requires investment in improvement initiatives and the ROI Methodology is the best process to implement to ensure those investments add value and prove that value to all stakeholders. More Information

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Weekly, Thursdays, October 9 – December 11, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Participants completing this course will gain a comprehensive understanding of the three main areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – narrow, general, and super, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning, within the context of healthcare. It will explore related fields, including the use of robotic technologies, clinical decision support, and electronic medical records. More Information

Cybersecurity for Privacy Professionals
10 Sessions. 6 Recorded & 4 Live. Interactive. Online
Weekly, Mondays, October 27, November 10, November 24, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Public and private sector organizations in Canada and around the world are under increasing pressure to protect themselves, sensitive information, client information and critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. Threats to information system assets come from state actors, organized crime and hacktivists who now routinely attack our electoral, financial, healthcare and public utility systems. More Information