MSc in Applied Multilingualism

Program Overview

The MSc in Applied Multilingualism at the University of Galway caters for the growing linguistic diversity in Ireland and the world. The program aims to provide professionals with the skills to understand and cater to diverse multilingual people and communities, develop professional competencies, encourage research interest and develop critical thinking skills in the field of multilingualism.

Program Outline

MSc Digital Health Degree - Postgraduate - UCLan

Degree Overview:

This MSc in Digital Health is a postgraduate program designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in the evolving landscape of digital healthcare. The program aims to prepare students for a variety of roles within the digital health sector, including health informatics, governance, healthcare policy, and the application of digital health in practice. The program emphasizes the practical use of digital health technologies in the NHS, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and wearables. It also focuses on the importance of digital healthcare solutions in meeting the changing needs and expectations of patients and evolving with developments in information management and technology.

Outline:

The MSc Digital Health program is delivered through distance learning, with students engaging in lectures, discussions, and tutorials within an online environment. The program requires an average of 15 hours of study per week.

Compulsory Modules:

• Professional Project: This module provides students with the opportunity to develop and apply research methodologies in a specific area of interest within the field of professional practice.
It aims to build confidence in conducting independent research activities.
• Dissertation: This module provides students with the opportunity to develop and apply research methodologies in a specific area of interest within the field of professional practice.
It aims to build confidence in conducting independent research activities.
• Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: This module equips students with an increased understanding and awareness of the current and potential future impact of artificial intelligence within healthcare.
It explores how AI can be used to support improved education (both formal education of medical professionals and patient/carer education) and delivery of patient care.
• Governance in Digital Health Solutions: This module ensures students understand the governance framework and legislation that ensures judicious handling of patient data.
Students develop the knowledge to ensure digital medicine is delivered in a safe and secure environment to protect data. This includes domestic, European, and international law applied to individual data and communication. Students gain knowledge of the current public health system in the UK, profiling of populations at national and local levels, as well as strategies of inclusion in healthcare.
• Tele Health: This module introduces students to the concepts of Tele-Health systems in facilitating healthcare, providing a critical understanding of their application and the limits of traditional systems.
• Research and Evidence Based Practice Methods: This module equips students with the knowledge, techniques, and skills for undertaking research projects and developing a critical understanding of research concepts.
Students then apply these skills to practical research problems within their area of practice.

Optional Modules:

• Augmented Reality in Healthcare: This module helps students understand the full scope of digital technologies in health.
Students learn about the potential developments of AR in healthcare and how it imports this from other sectors, including space exploration and robotics. Students consider the practical and ethical challenges associated with these technologies and then consider the benefits that implantable technologies have in aiding diagnostic and monitoring activities. Students explore the impact of digital technology on improving patient monitoring and its impact on self-care and autonomy.
• Robotics: This module raises awareness of the current and potential future impact of robotics within healthcare.
Students are introduced to the different uses of robotics, including facilitating and supporting care delivery and improving health outcomes.
• Self-care with the aid of technologies (Apps and Wearables): This module introduces students to the assisted technologies available to patients with non-communicable diseases.
Students evaluate such technologies for their utility, acceptability, and practical inclusion as part of healthcare. They also understand the importance of self-care in improving health outcomes and healthcare economies.
• Smart Pharma: This module introduces students to the smart pharma industry.
Throughout the course, students may be asked to complete reflective coursework, e-portfolios, presentations or viva, written summaries, and case studies.

Teaching:

The MSc Digital Health program is delivered through a combination of online lectures, live and recorded seminars, chat boards, workshops, action-learning sets, and the use of Blackboard (virtual learning) resources. Students receive support from online tutors through both webinars and one-to-one online sessions.

Careers:

The MSc Digital Health program equips students with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in the digital health sector. Potential career paths include:

• Health informatics and governance
• Healthcare policy
• Artificial Intelligence
• The application of digital health in practice
• Education

Other:

The program reflects current and ever-changing health policy, including:

• Indemnity agencies key skills frameworks
• GMC Duties of a Doctor
• Higher Education Qualifications Framework
• QAA framework GP education framework
• NHS Five Year Forward View
• NHS Personalised Health and Care 2020
Throughout the course, students have access to downloadable podcasts featuring updated content on all the key elements of the program, featuring national leaders in the NHS and digital fields.

| Year | Level | UK Fees | International Fees | | :----------- | :-------- | :--------: | :--------|: | |2023/24 | Distance Part-time |£1,100 per 20 credits | £1,100 per 20 credits | |2024/25 | Distance Part-time| £1,100 per 20 credits | £1,100 per 20 credits |