The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.

Since 1983 the very successful baccalaureate course has continued to be offered over 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time. The three major areas of study currently offered cover medicine, information science and information technology, and management. An honours year is available for eligible students. Currently, the School is undertaking a major course review of the undergraduate program as part of the Faculty’s Undergraduate Reform agenda. The review has been prompted by a number of issues, including changes and developments in health informatics; student feedback at School Board meetings; unit-of-study evaluations completed by students; and release of new competencies for health information managers by the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA, 2001). The issues raised centre around the relevance of the curriculum, inclusion of appropriate content areas in the curriculum, appropriateness of teaching and learning strategies and the “heavy” workload for students, particularly in years 2 and 3. Consultations regarding the review commenced in July 2002. It is proposed that the revised program will be implemented in 2004. In 2002 the UAI (University Admissions Index) for this program rose to 78.05 and the quota for the program increased from 35 to 50. Currently, there are 52 students enrolled in first year, 40 enrolled in year 2, and 40 in year 3. There are five Honours students – four enrolled in year 3 and one in year 4.