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Program OVerview

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1. Self-Assess Your Eligibility

In order to register for CHIA, you must self-assess your eligibility against the following criteria and declare this during registration.

There are two pathways:

  1. A degree plus six (6) continuous months of associated health experience* OR
  2. No degree, but three (3) cumulative years of associated health experience*

To be eligible, roles must:

  1. have occurred within a healthcare setting
  2. be held for a minimum of 6 months duration
  3. be within the last 10 years

*See the table below to self-assess your associated health experience.

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2. Provide supporting information

To support your application, you will need to provide details on:

  • your university degree (if applicable)
  • a list of your job roles to demonstrate your eligible associated health experience
  • the URL to your LinkedIn profile page (if you have one)

3. Register and pay

You will be required to pay the registration fee as part of the registration process:

  • $550 for AIDH members
  • $775 for Non-members

Self directed study, enrol any time. You will have 90 days from enrolment to undertake the examination.

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4. Study

CHIA is a professional certification program. CHIA is a self-directed study program. The resources below can assist with your study:

  • CHIA Study Guide & CHIA Candidate Instruction Handbook (provided on registration)
  • Practitioner’s Guide
    • $225 AIDH Members, $315 Non-members
    • A comprehensive body of knowledge (600+ pages) providing an understanding of the 53 competencies in the AHICF tested in the CHIA examination.

 

  • CHIA Challenge
    • $95 AIDH Members, $130 Non-members
    • Practice examination featuring two unique attempts (28 questions per attempt; 56 total). All questions align with the competencies assessed in the CHIA Examination and provide detailed feedback to help support CHIA exam readiness.
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5. Complete your examination

The examination is delivered online and you’ll get your results immediately upon completion. In case of unsuccessful first attempt, your scores can help identify the areas to focus on before the second attempt.

Your examination consists of:

  • A 90-day study period
  • 2 attempts at the examination per study period
  • Content based on 6 competency domains
  • 150 minutes to complete the examination
  • 106 multiple choice questions
  • A maximum examination score of 212 points
  • Pass rate based on points

6. Recertification

Once you have passed your examination, you are officially a CHIA!

Maintaining the currency of your health informatics knowledge and experience in such a dynamic field is as important as gaining it in the first place.

Accordingly, the CHIA credential is valid for 3 years after which it is either renewed or lapses.

You can renew your CHIA credential by undertaking continuing professional development (CPD) activities throughout the 3-year period and earning 60 CPD points. You also need to pay the recertification fee.

If you don’t accumulate enough CPD points, you can take the examination again for the same fee.

Recertification fee:

$194 AIDH Members, $277 Non-members

 

Self-assess your associated health experience

Area of experience Example functions
Informatics and health information management Informatics (health, clinical, nursing etc), health information management, health librarian, CXIO, clinical coding, clinical analytics
Technical, data and ICT related Data analytics, programming, cyber analyst, FHIR development, clinical applications, IT service desk (Level 3-4), web development, software engineering
Clinical, healthcare, and wellness Medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, dentistry, pharmacy, radiology, virtual care coordination, patient safety, wellness practitioner, laboratory management,
Public and preventative health Epidemiology, public health education, public health surveillance, outreach coordination, patient education coordination
Health administration/ management2 Healthcare management, operations management, practice management, patient services, health administration1
Project/program and change management Project/program management, project coordination, change management, business analytics, consulting
Education3 Lecturing, research, professorial
Healthcare and wellness research3 Research science, learning health systems, research fellow, postdoctoral fellow
1 Health administrators must be working with patient data and/ or clinical systems
2 Health administration / management includes federal/ state government settings
3 Education and research must have a digital health or health informatics focus

Note, if you are unsure about your work experience or do not fit into the above categories, please email the CHIA Program Team at [email protected].