Careers in Informatics Overview

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What do they do? People in informatics study & develop new uses for computer systems

Specializations include: Bioinformatics, social informatics, clinical informatics, public health informatics, organizational informatics, dental informatics, nursing informatics, new media, human-computer interaction design & more

Preferred education: Bachelor's degree

Certification & licensing: Certification available

Getting ahead: May advance to managerial and leadership positions

Skills: Database programming, directing projects, problem-solving, working under pressure

Where they work: Hospitals & clinics, laboratories & academia, e-businesses

Job outlook: Good

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Earnings: Moderately high

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You can read the full overview here: http://www3.ccps.virginia.edu/career...formatics.html