MSc Healthcare Informatics (SUSA)

Information management and the utilisation of associated technology is becoming a major activity of the healthcare professional. This MSc in Healthcare Informatics is directed at medical practitioners, those in allied professions and also at those working in ICT areas in the health sector. 

The programme: 

• Trains graduates in medical and allied professions and those with an information technology background in healthcare informatics
• Enables students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and utilise tools of medical informatics
• Flexible approach to teaching and learning to accommodate busy clinicians

Student profile

The course is primarily aimed at existing and future employees in the health service and IT industry sector who are looking to move into the area of healthcare informatics, expand their current knowledge in the area, or get more involved in health IT implementation projects in their respective work locations.

The assignments for the various modules are primarily focused on work-based topics, with these assignments being undertaken primarily as group or team work. This team-based process mirrors the actuality of IT systems implementation projects or health data / business intelligence analysis in this sector.

Modules

Core modules

• Medical Research Design, Regulations & Ethics
• Graduate Orientation
• Medical Records
• Clin Info and Decision Support
• Health Data Management and Standards
• Intro to AI in Healthcare
• Info Governance in Health
• MSc (Healthcare Informatics)

Options 

• Data Mining
• Information Visualisation
• Digital Health Technologies: Integration and Application of Medical and Consumer Devices
• Data Programming with R (Online)
• Dissertation
• Personalized Medicine
• Info Systems Implementation
• Health Data & Analytics
• AI for Personalised Medicine
• AI in Pathology
• Corporate Info Sys in Health
• AI For Medical Image Analysis