HI 5100 Capstone Project Plan
The goal of the Health Informatics capstone project is for students to acquire real-life experience and translate newly acquired academic knowledge into an informatics-related research project. Students will either create an original project idea or will work on an aspect of an existing project being undertaken by a department, lab, program, or other relevant area of the UTSW institution. Projects can also be completed outside of UTSW as approved by the course directors.
This course provides students with the necessary learning and time to prepare their capstone project ideas and create a project plan. Students will identify potential faculty mentors and stakeholders, select a problem to address, and begin a needs assessment or literature review. Similar to an independent study, students will spend time exploring their topic and developing their project proposal. By the end of the course, students will have a solidified project idea, identified mentor, list of stakeholders, and a comprehensive proposal with a timeline to be followed for implementation of the capstone project.