The MSc Health Informatics is designed to provide a specialist qualification in health informatics, addressing a wide range of operational care and management perspectives. It illustrates principles across the health and social care sector, taking theory into practice. It is ideal for demonstrating competence in informatics to support the care domain and contributing towards meeting continuing professional development goals. Course learning outcomes map to Health Informatics National Occupational Standards and the Key Skills Framework. The MSc in Health Informatics consists of core modules in health informatics, research methods, study skills, with optional modules and a dissertation. The distance learning course is delivered in blended or in local cohort mode using eLearn, face-to-face lectures, seminars, workshops and self-directed learning.

Key Facts

Entry Requirements

The course team welcome applicants without the formal qualifications, and each application will be assessed individually through interview and evidence provided by the candidate.

Course Content

Distance eLearning

MSc Health Informatics addresses a wide range of operational care and management perspectives, illustrates principles applicable right across the health and social care sector and takes theory into practice. It is ideal for demonstrating your competence in informatics to support the care domain and could contribute towards meeting your continuing professional development goals. The course learning outcomes map to Health Informatics National Occupational Standards and the Key Skills Framework.

The MSc in Health Informatics programme consists of core modules in health informatics, research methods, postgraduate study skills, together with optional modules and a dissertation.

To obtain the award of MSc in Health Informatics, a student must successfully complete 6 taught modules (4 core and 2 optional) plus a triple dissertation module.

Core modules:-

• HI4000 Postgraduate and Professional Study Skills
• HI4001 Information and IT Concepts for Health and Social Care
• HI4002 Quantitative Methodology for Health and Social Research
• HI4003 Qualitative Methodology for Health and Social Research.

Optional modules:-

• HI4004 Informatics for Health and Social Care
• HI4006 Information and Communication Technology for Health and Social Care
• HI4007 Quality Assurance for Health and Social Care
• HI4008 Comparative Study of National Health and Social Care Systems
• HI4010 Knowledge-based Management and Leadership in Health and Social Care

Course Objectives

• To enable students to develop their knowledge of the role of information, information management and information technology within health and social care, through the provision of intellectually stimulating modules which develop and apply relevant concepts and theories to practice.
• To help students to develop the knowledge, skills and tools which enable information to be collected, managed, used and shared to support the delivery of health and social care.
• To encourage students to understand the role of information within their own organisations and work and to apply their theoretical understanding to evaluate practice and to bring about appropriate innovation and improvement in patient and client care.
• To enable students to develop and practice a range of skills appropriate to clinical and management roles and to develop their ability to communicate with information specialists within their organisations.
• To enable students to develop a range of information and research skills to enable them to initiate and carry out research leading to improvements in their own professional practise and in the quality of patient and client care.
• To enable students to develop a critical appraisal of current issues in health and social care informatics, research and development and to develop frameworks and problem solving strategies.
• To provide a learning experience which uses the diverse range of student experience and enables the integration of theory and practice.
• To enable students to develop their personal and professional interest in the use of information and information technology.

Course at a Glance

Year 1

Typically:

HI4000 Postgraduate and Professional Study Skills

HI4001 Information and IT Concepts for Health and Social Care

HI4004 Informatics for Health and Social Care

Year 2

HI4002 Quantitative Methodology for Health and Social Research

HI4003 Qualitative Methodology for Health and Social Research

Plus one optional module from the list below:

HI4006 Information and Communication Technology for Health and Social Care

HI4007 Quality Assurance for Health and Social Care

HI4008 Comparative Study of National Health and Social Care Systems

HI4010 Knowledge-based Management and Leadership in Health and Social Care

Year 3

GP4990 Dissertation

Links with Professional Bodies:

This course is recognised as contributing to UK Council for Health Informatics Professions (UKCHIP) continuing professional development. The course learning outcomes map to Health Informatics National Occupational Standards and Key Skills Framework.

Assessment:

Assessment is through coursework. A variety of formative and summative exercises is undertaken including short papers, workbased assignments, oral presentations, electronic presentations and a dissertation.

Learning Environment:

The course is available via eLearn.

Careers:

Some careers are popular like:-

• Knowledge management staff
• Information management staff
• Health informatics managers
• Directors of services
• Clinical informatics staff
• Information and communication technology staff
• Health records staff.

Fees and Finance

The standard fee for this course will be: £500 per module

For further information including the availability of bursaries/scholarships or student financial support please view our Fees and Finance pages.