May 31, 2026  
2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog

BMI 530 The Practice of Health Care


Credits: 3
This course introduces the medical informatics student to the clinical practice of healthcare, including:

  • The underlying biology and manifestations of selected disease states;
  • The information-gathering and reasoning processes used to detect, understand, and treat diseases;
  • The health professionals who provide and support care;
  • The clinical settings in which care takes place

The objective is to enable non-clinicians to understand the context, the vocabulary, and some of the challenges for supporting clinical work in real settings with informatics tools.

Graded: A-F
May be taken only once for credit
Also offered as: BMI 630