Certified Health Informatician Australasia (CHIA) Study Program

The Centre for Health Analytics is helping Children’s Campus staff become CHIA certified professionals.

In 2021, The Centre for Health Analytics kicked off a pilot program for Children’s Campus staff to gain CHIA certification. It was a huge success and we just expanded our support to a 2024 cohort of 30+ CHIA candidates across the Parkville Precinct. We have maintained a 92% passing rate amongst our last two cohorts and we invite you to come study and certify through us in our 2025 CHIA Study Program. There are some changes to our funding model for our 2025 cohort and the placements for the study program are now going to be charged as an “at cost” model. This means, if you’d like to register your interest for CHIA 2025, you can expect to pay the CHIA exam and study material costs (around $900 – $1200) please email [email protected] / [email protected]..

Become a certified health informatician on Campus!

2025 CHIA Cohort starts August

The program costs will include:

  • CHIA Registration
  • Personalised induction from AIDH
  • Practice Exams and Practitioners Guide
  • Four weekly online study/exam check-in offerings per week for 12 weeks
  • 1:1 mentoring from a CHIA alumni
  • CHIA Graduation Luncheon

CHIA is an industry professional certification that will help you stand out from the crowd and be recognised for your skills and experience in digital health. CHIA is for Health Informaticians, Data Analysts, Technologists, Researchers, IT/EMR Specialists, Clinicians, Administration, and Executives.

To be qualified for CHIA you need to:

a. Have 6+ months continuous experience of associated health experience and a Bachelor/undergraduate degree – OR-
b. Have 3+ years cumulative years of associated health experience if you do not possess a Bachelor/undergraduate degree

Associated health experience includes the following functional areas: healthcare and wellness, health administration/management, education, public health, health information management, health informatics, information and communication technology, information systems, healthcare and wellness research, data analytics, software architecture, cybersecurity and project and program management.

CHIA exam is completed 90 days from registration date – the program runs from August to November.

How does it all work?

  1. Expressions of Interest are collected from January to mid-June. You can email [email protected] / [email protected] to register your interest.
  2. An information session is held around May.
  3. A self-assessment survey is completed and allows the interested candidate to evaluate their own knowledge within the CHIA domains. If the candidate finds they have adequate experience and knowledge, they can proceed with the exam. This is evaluated by the candidate and Workforce Development Lead, Elle Slade, together. No participant is turned away unless they evaluate that they themselves are not ready to take the exam or if we have over 35 participants wanting to register. A process of selection will be implemented if needed.
  4. Once a participant attends the info session, completes the survey, and is ready to commit to the exam, they confirm their eligibility and placement with Elle.
  5. Participants who are accepted into the CHIA program are then sent a link to register for CHIA around end of July and begin their journey on kick-off date; August (TBD), 2025.

Once you’re in the program:

  • You will study in your own time – roughly 5-8 hours of study required per week
  • Answer the reflection questions at your discretion
  • Attend one weekly 30-min check-in session online via Teams on either M @ 10am, T @2pm, W @12pm or Th @5pm (times vary – you choose the one that works for you)
  • Meet with your mentor at a cadence that works for you both (optional)
  • Sit the “CHIA Challenge” practice exams in week 4 and 8 (online)
  • Sit the official exam in week 10 with a second attempt if needed by week 12 (online – open book)

What happens if you don’t pass CHIA?

You have 90 days to re-enrol in the exam at a discounted price to have another two attempts at the exam. For those that don’t pass, we offer to support the group with additional studying and mentoring. The price of the re-attempt is however paid at the participants cost. We have a ‘judgement-free’ pass policy at the Centre. If you don’t pass, that’s ok! It’s a challenging exam and we understand some people won’t pass. We like to keep in touch regardless of if you pass or don’t.

____

Our 2024 CHIA Alumni:

Youseph Dib, Andrew Coote, Hannah Morgan, Dwayne Richards, Raihaneh Aghaie, Nyanhial Yang, Belinda Bourne, Brendan Ansell, Benita Butler, Rebekah Withers, Daneeta Hennessy, Isha Chawla, Pree Rawat, Mai Vu, Luke Stevens, Evie Kayes, Catherine Fang, Martyn Spurgeon, Bharathy Saldanha, Nisrene Hassan, Mallory Pehm, Chaitrali Koli, Elin Wee, Allen Foo, Annie Howitt, Nigel D’Souza, Kae-Bin Su, Michelle Tydeman

Our 2023 CHIA Alumni:

Angel Lee, Avinash Kondiboyina, Casey Nottage, Gavin Wayne, Geoff Burnhill, Grace Gell, Hazel Clothier, Jia Wei Teo, John Mallard, Joseph Vu, Kylie Moon, Mark Rulli, Meg Perrier, Molika In, Mogan Savy, Nicki Mountford, Richard Hall, Richelle Pineda, Rosalynn Pszczola, Sergio Ruiz-Carmona, Shaun Ho, Sophie Linton, Steven McConchie, Susan Baohm, Terry Carroll, Revi Rosenberg

Our 2022 CHIA Alumni:

Andrew Dao, Bodo Ballhaus, Callum Fitzpatrick, Cameron Palmer, Clara Mullings, Danielle Patterson, Gráinne Butler, Jeffrey Ong, Jennifer Gray, Karen Van Scott, Kirsty Rogash, Kristina Ricketts, Laura Pumo, Matt Nielsen, Meghan Christison, Melissa Mackey, Mitchell Johnson, Nadine Tey, Peter Xiberras, Quan Nguyen, Selina Van, Shan Chan, Sophie Tran, Kiarash Taghavi

Our 2021 CHIA Pilot Alumni:

Belinda Zambello, Casie East, Cathy Quinlan, Cecilia Hsieh, Darren Cullerne, Ezra Fass, James Liddle, Janice Campbell, Jennifer Piscionere, Jim Buttery, Kirsten Fagerli, Kitty O’Brien, Leah McLachlan, Liam Shanahan, Lindsay Wills, Li-yin Goh, Nick Fulkoski, Sarah Dorward, Tim Bakker, Tim Ho, Tracy Horsburgh

Other CHIA on Campus:

Joanna Lawrence, Ahuva Segal, Kate Lucas, James Scandol, Daryl Cheng, Aiden Varan, Naomi Burke, Alice Voskoboynik

If you would like to join the Alumnus or hear more about completing the CHIA certification with CHA next year, email [email protected]