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Health Informatics – (M.Sc.)
University of Sheffield
Department of Medicine
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Location of University of Sheffield
School of Information, Faculty of Social Sciences
If you're beginning a career in information management, a masters from Sheffield can give you the grounding employers are looking for. If you're already an experienced professional, our professional enhancement programmes will enhance your knowledge and skills.
About the course
3 years part time
Acquire the knowledge and skills needed for information and change management in the health care sector. You'll be able to evaluate professional practice in the context of contemporary information management and technology theory. Your study will cover evidence-based approaches and you’ll analyse problem-solving and decision-making processes.
Over the first two years, you’ll study through distance learning. In the third and final year, you'll complete your research dissertation. You must attend the initial three-day induction in Sheffield and a dissertation preparation summer school later, but you can live anywhere in the world.
Your career
Your masters prepares you for a library or IT-related career in any sector where information management is key. Graduates also become consultants to organisations who value their expertise.
If you're already an experienced professional, our Professional Enhancement Programmes can help you advance your career by building on your skills.
Contents
Core modules
* Introduction to Health Informatics
* E-Health and the Web
* Information Systems in Health
* Electronic Clinical Records
* Information and Knowledge Management in Health
* Evidence-Based Practice and Health Care Information
* Dissertation
* Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation
Optional modules
* Health Information
* Education and Communication
* Leadership, Strategy and Change in Health Care
* Public Health Informatics
* Analysis of Health Information
* Maximising Usefulness of Secondary Data Sources
Teaching
(May differ for distance learning option)
* Lectures
* Seminars
* Tutorials
* Practical laboratory classes
* Group work
* Online discussion
* Case studies
* Lectures by visiting speakers
* Visits to library and information service organisations
Assessment
* Essays
* Reports
* Small projects
* Presentations
* Posters
* Group work
* Research-based dissertation
IELTS
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Requirements
Entry Requirements
A first degree plus appropriate professional work experience. If you don´t have a first degree but you have relevant professional work experience we will consider you for admission to the PGDip or PGCert programmes in the first instance.
English Language Requirements
1.IELTS (International English Language Testing Service)
* Average of 6.0 or above with at least 5 in each component
* 6.5 to 7.0 with at least 6 in written component (for courses where a higher standard of English is required)
2.USEPT (University of Sheffield English Proficiency Test)
* Graded as and equivalent to IELTS
* Average of 6.0 or above with at least 5 in each component
* 6.5 to 7.0 with at least 6 in written component (for courses where a higher standard of English is required)
3. TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
* 550 or above in the paper based test or 213 or above in the computer based test
* 575/232 to 600/250 required for courses where a higher standard of English is required
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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