As part of its mission to provide the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia workforce with training in the area of informatics, The Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMi) is pleased to offer a Certificate in Informatics for all Hospital employees. This certificate program provides a dynamic educational experience that broadens and enriches the healthcare professional's understanding of biomedical informatics. The curriculum consists of educational activities offered by the Center for Biomedical Informatics as well as other curricula from a variety of informatics-based sources. Employees will be recognized for their time spent and their knowledge gained through the issuance of a paper certificate.

Program Overview

A cumulative minimum of 30 credit hours is required to receive the certificate.

To receive credits, simply do the following:

• Register for the program
• At 1 credit per hour, attend any of the upcoming instructor-led educational activities and be sure to register your attendance on the sign-in sheet.
• At 0.5 credit per hour, complete any of the archived online materials and be sure to email cbmicredit@email.chop.edu stating your name and the ID # of the module you have completed.

In addition, some specialty educational sessions are offered for multiple credits.

These include:

• The UCSC Genome Browser and HapMap Workshop -1.5 credits for attending "Introduction to HapMap" and 3.5 credits for attending "Introduction to UCSC Genome Browser" or 5 credits for attending both sessions
• The Greater Philadelphia Informatics Symposium -7 credits for full day participation or 3.5 credits for half day participation (information about 2009 Symposium pending)

A full listing of credits to individual programs can be found here

For more information, please view our frequently asked questions .

Please contact us with any questions

* Online educational materials and upcoming instructor-led sessions will be updated on a regular basis