Health Informatics MSc

On this module you will focus on user-centred design (UCD) principles and frameworks. You will cover various techniques involving users, and upon completion you will appreciate the way UCD and prototyping techniques are used within the general practice of software engineering.

Data is revolutionising healthcare. The benefits of data when correctly used extend to patients, providers and board members, and the technology can make centralised patient management a reality. The aim of this module is to give you the knowledge and hands-on experience of developments in the broad range of data-driven healthcare.

This module explores the skills needed to understand, and work in, the complex multi-sourced environment that supports business change. Focusing on the strategic management of leading-edge technology, you will examine the organisational structure of IT, including systems integrators and consultancy, and gain an overview of the IT consulting world, its principles and practice.

During this module you will be introduced to the concepts, principles and techniques needed for effective project management. The module covers the roles, responsibilities and skills required to work in ever-changing project environments and how these relate to effective project management.

This module enables you to appreciate how epidemiology contributes to the identification of public health issues at a population level locally, nationally and globally. It complements the Research Methods for Public Health module by giving you the opportunity to gain an understanding of how to locate and use health data sources, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the different epidemiological study designs.

You will develop skills for critically appraising published research and interpreting basic epidemiologic and demographic, descriptive and inferential data and statistical approaches to analysing health outcomes.

This module introduces the historical and conceptual foundations of public health systems and policy. 

• You will review different health systems and public health models to 
• understand their functions, grounding theories, and concepts about:
• service delivery
• health workforce
• health information systems
• access to essential medicines
• financing
• leadership
• collective actions of society to enhance population health. 

The module uses local, national, and global perspectives to consider the political dimensions of public health and the strategic use of resources such as housing, economic globalisation and income distribution, and community empowerment on influencing lifestyle choices and improving population health. 

Knowledge and skills in leadership and management are a core requirements for improving population health. This module focuses on helping you to understand the theory and practice of effective leadership and management of public health services, programmes and projects. It examines and unpicks concepts and issues in leadership and management practices and strategies used within public health systems to improve service delivery, and implement change that achieves sustainable service quality in the context of addressing population health needs. 

The module uses real-life scenarios and recorded narrations by practitioners to analyse classic leadership themes and interpret the characteristics of effective leaders; helping students as future leaders and managers to identify and adopt different leadership approaches for handling the challenges facing public health professionals in influencing societies and populations for health improvement. 

The module will challenge you to think of innovative ideas to adopt when leading within complex and dynamic public health settings. 

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of digital transformation in a range of organisational contexts.

It will provide you with an understanding of digital disruption and how tools and frameworks can be applied in the planning and implementation of a digital transformation strategy for an organisation.