Dates:
Patient Data Security and Privacy:
11 Oct, 12 Oct, 13 Oct 2023 | 9am-5.30pm | Classroom Learning
Digital Project Management for Informaticians:
24 Oct, 25 Oct, 27 Oct 2023 | 9am-5.30pm | Classroom Learning
Duration: 6 Days
Course Objectives
This Professional Certificate will equip learners with the following competencies:
- Understand the differences between privacy, confidentiality, information privacy, and information security and the relationships among them.
- Discuss how information system security (or cybersecurity) affects privacy, confidentiality, and security.
- Recognize potential threats to cybersecurity.
- Identify several security measures designed to protect information and discuss how they function.
- Discuss the impact that Internet technology has on the security of health-related information.
- Apply the various models and tools learnt in Digital Project Management
- Understand Requirements Management in relations to planning and executing digital projects
- Apply Change Request Management in healthcare services
- Understand the importance of project governance in digital project execution models
- Create a Project Management Plan, considering the risk management aspects
Job Role Readiness
It will prepare learners in the following job roles to perform their responsibilities more
effectively/ It will prepare learners for the following job roles:
- Healthcare informaticians, IT professionals, Nurses, supporting staff and healthcare software providers
- Nursing and clinical employees who are responsible for improving, clinical, patients and delivery processes
Programme Structure
Who Should Attend
- Healthcare Professionals
- Nurses
Prerequisites
At least a polytechnic diploma.
Course Conveners
(Click their photos to view their short biographies)
Assoc Prof Danny Poo
Assoc Prof Danny Poo
Assoc Prof Danny Poo brings with him 35 years of Software Engineering and Information Technology and Management experience. A graduate from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), England, Dr Poo is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Systems and Analytics, National University of Singapore. Prior to joining the University, Dr Poo was with the System Operations at DBSBank, Singapore.
A Steering Committee member of the Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, Dr Poo is actively involved in Information Management and Healthcare Analytics research. A well-known speaker in seminars, Dr Poo has conducted numerous in-house training and consultancy for organizations, both locally and regionally. Dr Poo is the author of 5 books on Object-Oriented Software Engineering, Java Programming language and Enterprise JavaBeans.
Dr Poo notable teaching credentials include:
- Data Strategy
- Data StoryTelling
- Data Visualisation
- Data Analytics
- Machine Learning
- Data Management
- Data Governance
- Data Architecture
- Capstone Projects for Business Analytics
- Software Engineering
- Server-side Systems Design and Development
- Information Technology Project Management
- Health Informatics
- Healthcare Analytics
- Health Informatics Leadership.
Industry Credentials
- Deutsche Bank
- Gemplus
- Micron
- NCR
- PIL
- PSA
- Rhode-Schwarz
- Standard Chartered Bank
- ST Electronic
- Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Infocomm Development Authority
- National Library Board
- Ministry of Manpower
- Nanyang Technological University
- Nanyang Polytechnic
- National University Hospital.
Mr Loh Yong Chye
Mr Loh Yong Chye
Mr Loh Yong Chye, Adjunct Lecturer, is currently the CEO and Co-founder of ACT:DPI Pte Ltd. He is concurrently an adult educator specializing in PDPA training. He holds an Advanced Certificate in Learning & Performance (ACLP) and is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)1.
Yong Chye was the Chief trainer for the SG United Skills Programme for Data Protection Officer (SGUS-DPO). This programme was a collaboration between ACT:DPI and NTUC LearningHub. Since March 2021, 38 PMETs had undergone 6-month programme to become DPOs. He specialises in DP training and has taught close to 1,000 trainees to date on PDPA.
Yong Chye was the Deputy Director (DP Ecosystem) with the Personal Data Protection Commission from Jan 2013 to Dec 2019. Notable achievements during his 7-year stint in PDPC included:
- Successful rollout of both the “Fundamentals of the PDPA” course and the “Practitioner Certificate for Personal Data Protection (Singapore)” preparatory course and examination module;
- Completion of the DPO competency framework and training roadmap, which was officially launched by the Minister of Communications and Information in Jul 2019;
- Development of multiple DP tools, resources and services to help organisations, especially SMEs and non-profit organisations seeking to comply with the PDPA; and
- Having led the DPO team responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of the DP policies and procedures within the PDPC, as well as, the communications and outreach team to create awareness of, and promote compliance to, the PDPA in the initial years.
Prior to joining the PDPC, Yong Chye did a 4-year overseas stint with the IDA International (a subsidiary of then-IDA) where he provided eGov consulting services to the governments of Bhutan, Trinidad and Tobago and Moldova.
In the earlier years of his career at the then-IDA, he was the divisional head in charge of organisation development and excellence, and an IT manager of a government agency.
1 awarded by Skillsfuture Singapore (SSG) and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) respectively.
Course Fees
Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, Including GST, after additional funding from the various funding schemes
Participants must fulfill at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment components to be eligible for SSG funding.
To enquire, email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg
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Course Codes
Patient Data Security and Privacy: TGS-2021008077 (Classroom Learning)
Digital Project Management for Informaticians: TGS-2022012259 (Classroom Learning) / TGS-2022012265 (Synchronous e-learning)