Mission

The Department of Health Informatics and Information Management is devoted to serve the people of Kuwait and its healthcare system by imparting knowledge through excellent teaching, creating new knowledge through research, supporting the community by providing consultancy services, and fostering creativity and its expression.

The Department shall be a premier provider of graduates who are academically and professionally prepared to assume the responsibilities of leadership in their chosen organizations. It is committed to promote research and creative activities by nurturing the development of globally committed faculty, engaged in transformational and applied research, education and service. The Department also aims to facilitate community partnerships through fostering the advancement of a vibrant and actively engaged alumni body.

Objectives

The key objectives, therefore, are:

1. To provide innovative and progressive education that meets high standards and reflects recent developments, as well as emerging trends in the profession in particular, health care field in general.


2. To nurture and instill the requisite professional attitudes and values in students who shall adhere to professional ethics and demonstrate concern, responsibility and the ability to interact appropriately with other members of the healthcare team, administrators, patients and the public.


3. To equip students with the necessary intellectual and emotional resources by furnishing a strong support system in terms of guidance, counselling and regular feedback on academic and clinical performance.


4. To diversify curriculum delivery methods in order to accommodate for a variety of learning styles by using alternative learning modes, such as, but not limited to:


• Computer-assisted learning


• Problem-based learning


• Self-instructional units


• Simulated patient information system


• Student presentations


• Audio-video controlled decision-making and problem analysis sessions


• Fieldtrips


• Guest speakers


• Simulated reality activities


5. To complement didactic teaching/learning experiences with quality laboratories experiences, including:


• A Health Informatics and Information Management laboratory to simulate a virtual department of a hospital.


• A Computer laboratory to demonstrate an operational, computerized health information applications.


• An Audio-Visual laboratory for leadership/managerial learning activities.




6. To develop and provide postgraduate programmes, short courses, lectures, workshops and seminars for Ministry of Health staff that meet the changing health care needs of Kuwait and keep them up-to-date in terms of best practices and evolving professional trends.


7. To recruit and retain well qualified and experienced teaching and support staff who sustain and add value to the mission of the department.


8. To serve the community by cultivating strategically selected collaborations with community partners in the public sector health care delivery system and in the private sector.