Course summary
Overview The MSc in Digital Transformation for Healthcare is designed to equip graduates with the digital healthcare knowledge and leadership skills needed to drive improvements in understanding, diagnosing, and managing patient-centred healthcare. Globally we are witnessing both increased acceptance of, and demand for, new technologies in healthcare. With this demand comes the need for new professional skills and specific job roles that can deliver against these digitally-focused market trends. As a graduate of the MSc in Digital Healthcare Transformation you will be able to bridge the gap between physical and digital health provision by maximising the use of both existing and new technologies. You will develop the skills to interact with technology whilst understanding both the patient and clinical perspective. This course will equip you with a unique set of transferable skills combining healthcare knowledge, data analysis, leading edge technology, and digital capability with the leadership skills to enable and sustain digital transformation within organisations. The main barrier to digital transformation is often not the technology itself, but bringing about change in individual and organisational behaviour which is the key focus of this new course. Emerging technologies such as AI can be extremely powerful when applied in a healthcare context, but skilled personnel are needed to apply AI in the most effective and safe ways, in order to maximise the scope of its potential. You will utilise data and apply innovative digital technologies and AI to transform the way health and care services are offered, developing more efficient ways of working and supporting organisations to deliver more digitally augmented care pathways. The course encourages transformative learning and incorporates research and industry experience inspired teaching throughout. As a student, you will gain the tools and knowledge required to innovate, integrate and adopt new technologies in order to bring about improvements in population and individual healthcare outcomes and delivery models. As a graduate of Digital Transformation for Healthcare, you will have an array of career options. Multiple opportunities are emerging within the digital healthcare transformation landscape, enabling organisations to harness the power of digital technology to improve healthcare services and outcomes for patients.
Modules
This course comprises of the following modules: Foundations of Digital Healthcare Big Data and Data Analysis for Healthcare Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Digital Communication and Interoperability for Healthcare Design of Digitally Enabled Healthcare Systems Management of Change Introduction to Leadership and Management in Healthcare Contexts Study, Professional and Analytical Skills Each module is 15 CATS (150 hours of learning and assessment). Students are required to study 120 CATS worth of taught modules to successfully complete the MSc course. Project In addition to your modules, in order to gain a Master of Science qualification, you will undertake an extended research project, worth 33% of your MSc credits and your final grade. This will be a major individual project, which will develop your academic, research, and analytical skills and will enable you to focus on a current digital healthcare transformation topic. In addition to your academic supervisor from the University, you will be working closely with a co-supervisor from industry relevant to your dissertation topic. Your dissertation will be submitted in the form of a dissertation at the end of the academic year. You are expected to devote an appropriate portion of your time and intellectual effort to the project during the course i.e. approximately 600 hours over the course of the academic year.
Entry requirements
In order to meet our academic entry requirement, you should have obtained the minimum of a UK 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). Candidates with a UK 2:2 (or equivalent) may be accepted upon demonstration of relevant professional experience. We welcome candidates with a range of academic backgrounds and experience, looking to take a leading role in the digital transformation of healthcare systems. The course is particularly suitable for graduates of Clinical Medicine, Allied Health, Nursing, Public Health, Health Informatics, Healthcare Science, Data Science, Computer Science, and Information Technology. Medics and allied health professionals will gain the technical skills and knowledge to address the current and future development challenges of digital healthcare solutions. Candidates with strong computing, engineering or data science backgrounds will benefit from the advanced theoretical knowledge required to support the digital transformation of healthcare and social care services in context.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Additional fee information
As well as tuition fees and living expenses, some courses may require you to cover the cost of field trips or costs associated with travel abroad.
General costs to be considered:
- Core text books
- Printer credits
- Dissertation binding
As well as tuition fees and course costs, students should budget for:
- Accommodation
- Food
- Clothes and leisure
- Robe hire for your degree ceremony
Provider information
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL