The M.Sc. in Health Informatics aims to equip graduates with the skills, knowledge and abilities to:
A Health Care Administrator/Clerical Officer, Health Care Manager or Health Care Professional who holds a primary undergraduate degree (2.2 honours or higher)
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An applicant who holds a primary undergraduate degree (2.2 honours or higher) in a health sciences discipline
OR
An IT specialist who holds a primary undergraduate degree (2.2 honours or higher) with experience of working in a health care setting.
OR
An applicant with at least 5 years relevant work experience who can satisfy the course admission team that he/she has the ability to complete and benefit from this course. Such applicants shall be required to undertake an interview.
Note your degree must be an Honours (Level 8 – National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) degree or equivalent.
English Language Requirements
Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful completion of a degree qualification taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than two years prior to application):
Acceptable English Language qualifications include the following:
This one-year programme comprises three semesters: two taught semesters; in the third semester students will complete a substantial dissertation.
Semester 1 – Autumn Health Informatics Applications, Electronic Health Record Management, Research Methods in Health Informatics, Medical Decision Support Systems, Requirements Engineering for Health Informatics |
Semester 2 – Spring Health Informatics Project Management, Strategic Issues in Health Informatics, E-Health Systems, ICT for Evidence-Based Health Care; Research project |
Semester 3 – Summer Health Informatics Dissertation |
Standards in health care (systems, vocabulary, messaging and security), ethical and legal issues in health informatics as well as issues concerning quality and human-computer interaction will be emphasised throughout this programme.
Delivery Methods
At least 50% of the material for each taught semester will be delivered via distance education. Students will be required to attend 5 in-house blocks each semester. An in-house block comprises a consecutive Friday and Saturday. In each academic year, one series of in-house blocks will be delivered at the University of Limerick (UL) and it is expected to deliver another series of in-house blocks at some other location in Ireland subject to demand.
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