Personal Purpose Statement Master's Health Informatics

Crafting a compelling personal purpose statement for a master's in health informatics application.

I hold a B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics, a B.S. in Computer Information Systems and an M.S. in Software Engineering. To prepare myself for earning the MS Degree in Health Informatics at the ____ Institute for Health Informatics, I have completed classes in HINF 5531 Health Data Analytics and Data Science and am currently taking HINF 5430 Foundations of Health Informatics and HINF 5436 AHC Informatics Grand Rounds.

For 25 years, I enjoyed a lengthy career in software, undertaking various roles as a designer, developer, manager, mentor, and teacher, I have become increasingly aware of the importance of the role of I.T. in the effective provision of healthcare. A special interest in this relationship crystallized while working in my current role as Manager of the Software Engineering Department at Starkey Hearing Technologies.

I have held my current job for five years working for a company that makes hearing aids. The company is strongly invested in the application of the latest technology in assisting those with impaired hearing. I have come to realize that hearing impairment and loss is a significant and growing problem, especially in an increasingly aging population. Aging, though highly significant, is not of course the only cause of hearing impairment or loss but creates an especially urgent need for solutions to improve outcomes for patients because of the distress to patients and their families.

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I was fascinated to learn, from recent research at John Hopkins University, that hearing loss is linked to walking problems, falls, clinical depression and dementia. I want to study Health Informatics to assist in establishing links between available medical data and available hearing loss data to predict outcomes and to improve them where possible and I am especially interested in the possible applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in achieving these goals.

In addition to my work at Starkey Hearing Technologies, for 15 years, I have served as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of ____ in the Graduate Program of Software Engineering and teach Data Structures in Java, Process Management, and Project Management. I enjoy teaching and the feedback received from students and faculty is highly positive. I am also responsible for overseeing, training, and mentoring of staff in my department and am regarded as highly effective in this role. It is my goal, once having acquired a Ph.D., to seek a full-time faculty position and to maximize my utility by teaching and research. Love of one’s subject is, in my view, the key to sharing one’s knowledge effectively and I am passionate about mine. I also regard the joy of seeing a complex concept mastered, after a struggle to do so, as fulfilling for the teacher as for the student and provides enormous satisfaction.

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Much of my working life has been devoted to finding viable solutions to complex problems, testing and implementation and I have enjoyed some significant successes in a variety of fields. These successes demonstrate exceptional determination; an ability to think analytically, originally, and creatively; the ability to set achievable but challenging goals for myself and others and to happily collaborate with others in achieving them. I also feel that these skills and characteristics will enable me to undertake or assist in valuable research in the specialty and to ‘add value’ to it.

I am aware that the ____ Institute for Health Informatics has a long and successful history of teaching and research in the specialty undertaken by a prestigious faculty and so is my first choice.

To summarize: I have considerable experience in IT. in a variety of roles and currently within a health-related industry; I have proven success in problem solving and I am an experienced and successful teacher in a relevant field of study but my main recommendation is a passion for the specialty and for applying my knowledge to the improvement of healthcare provision.

Thank you for considering my application.

Personal Purpose Statement Master's Health Informatics