Phillip Olla

Since 2004, I have been teaching at the University level. My role involves teaching Computer Information Systems in Madonna University, USA and Brunel University UK. I teach both graduate and undergraduate students and the my courses range from introductory courses to the MBA level.  I am responsible for curriculum development and creating new courses to meet the changing needs of the business and healthcare environments my courses are both on the ground and online. I currently teach a broad range of Information Technology courses such as Systems Analysis and design, Databases, ERP systems, health informatics. I also teach programming languages such as Oracle SQL, XML and Visual Basic.

 

 

 

 

I have been actively involved with advancing nursing education, by incorporating Information Technology (IT) components into nursing curriculum. I was the principle investigator on a Microsoft research grant that allowed nursing faculty to incorporate Tablet PC into the curriculum. I was responsible for the creation of a healthcare course for both undergrad and Master program for healthcare disciplines such as nursing, radiology, laboratory sciences, gerontology, and nutrition sciences.   As a strong advocate of integrating IT into the graduate Nursing curriculum, I recently designed a Health Informatics course for Nurses Doctorate program. The course teaches students how to incorporate the use of computers and nursing informatics techniques into their professional practice. The course addresses advanced healthcare informatics issues covering; hardware, software, databases, telemedicine, communications applications, and the associated legal and ethical issues.