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Health Information Management

National Diploma (ND) in Health Information Management

Duration
2 years
Semesters
4
Department
Department of Health Information Management
Assessment
CA 30% · Exam 70%

Overview

The National Diploma in Health Information Management is designed to produce technicians equipped with the knowledge and skills to plan, collate, organize, disseminate, monitor and manage vital information required at the Local, State and National levels in order to ensure effective and comprehensive national health care delivery.

Programme goal: To produce technicians equipped with the knowledge and skills to plan, collate, organize, disseminate, monitor and manage vital health information at Local, State and National levels.

What graduates can do

  • Assist in planning and organizing health information services in health care delivery system
  • Organize and control health records, under supervision, in health and medical establishments
  • Collect, store, retrieve and preserve health information under supervision
  • Collate, analyze and present health statistical data under supervision
  • Participate in planning, quality control, evaluation, researches in health care delivery and serve on committees defining standards for health information management
  • Assist in designing, standardizing and controlling health records forms
  • Set up and manage an enterprise

Programme structure

Two academic sessions of four semesters (not less than 17 weeks per semester) including supervised clinical work experience (SIWES). All newly admitted students must be indexed by the HRORBN within the first semester.

Practical training

SIWES (HIM 122) — six weeks
SIWES (Industrial Work Experience) · 6 weeks
End of the second semester of the first year, at an HRORBN-accredited health facility
Research Project (HIM 223)
Research Project
ND II second semester
HRORBN Practicing Licensing Examination part 1
Professional / Licensing Examination
End of the programme

Curriculum

CodeCourse titleUnits
COM 111Introduction to Computing3
DTE 114Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology2
EHT 212Principles of Epidemiology and Disease Control2
GNS 101Use of English I2
GNS 111Citizenship Education2
HIM 111Health Information Management I3
HIM 112Language of Medicine2
HIM 113Communication in Health Information Management3
HIS 111Mathematics for Health Information Management3
HIS 112Statistics for HIM3

CodeCourse titleUnits
ENT 126Introduction to Entrepreneurship I3
GNS 102Communication in English I2
GNS 121Citizenship Education II2
HIM 121Disease Classification and Clinical Coding I2
HIM 122SIWES3
HIS 121Health Planning and Management I2
HIS 122Statistical Theory for HIM3
HIS 123Introduction to Programming3
HIS 124Computer Packages I2
HIS 125Primary Health Care for HIM I2
STA 123Demography I3

CodeCourse titleUnits
ENT 216Introduction to Entrepreneurship II3
GNS 201Use of English II2
GNS 213Introduction to Medical Sociology3
GNS 228Research Methods I2
HIM 211Health Information Management II3
HIM 212Disease Classification and Clinical Coding II3
HIM 213Record Documentation Systems2
HIS 211Health Informatics I2
HIS 212Database Management Systems I2
HIS 214Monitoring and Evaluation, I2
HIS 216Human Anatomy and Physiology I3
HIS 223Applied General Statistics3

CodeCourse titleUnits
GNS 202Communication in English II2
HIM 221Electronic Health Records I2
HIM 222Hospital Statistics1
HIM 223Research Project6
HIS 215Fundamentals of Data Analysis2
HIS 221Monitoring and Evaluation II1
HIS 222Legal and Ethical Aspects of HIM I2

Source: NBTE National Diploma in Health Information Management — Curriculum and Course Specifications (November 2022)

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