Health Information Science graduate students hosted several events during last week’s celebration of Health Information Professionals Week. They held information sessions on Monday and Friday in the lobby of Health Sciences Building, providing information for students on both undergraduate and graduate program in Health Informatics and Health Information Science, as well as describing the roles and functions of health information professionals and Canadians’ privacy rights and responsibilities. A lunch-and-learn session with Gail Crook, CEO of the Canadian Health Information Management Association, and Nadine Wathen, director of the FIMS/FHS graduate program in Health Information Science, attended by students from across campus on Wednesday.
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