Program Overview

MSc Digital Health Systems

The MSc Digital Health Systems is a one-year postgraduate degree that focuses on the application of digital technologies in healthcare. The program is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to design, develop, and implement digital health systems.

Key Facts

• Start date: September
• Accreditation: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
• Study mode and duration: 12 months full-time

Course Overview

The course covers a range of topics, including digital health implementation, design of usable systems, decision support and health analytics, healthy ageing, health information governance, database fundamentals, and research methods. Students will also have the opportunity to select from a range of elective modules, including health economics and evaluation, managing healthcare operations, and big data fundamentals.

Course Content

The MSc degree consists of the following modules:

• Compulsory modules:
  • Digital Health Implementation (20 credits)
  • Design of Usable Systems (20 credits)
  • Decision Support & Health Analytics (20 credits)
  • Healthy Ageing (10 credits)
  • Health Information Governance (10 credits)
  • Database Fundamentals (10 credits)
  • Research Methods (10 credits)
• Elective modules:
  • Health economics & evaluation (10 credits)
  • Managing Healthcare Operations (10 credits)
  • Big Data Fundamentals (10 credits)
• Research dissertation (60 credits)

Learning and Teaching

Teaching combines face-to-face lectures, labs, and tutorials, as well as personal/group study time.

Assessment

Taught modules are assessed using a combination of individual projects, group projects, and final exams. The project is assessed on the quality of the project report.

Facilities

The digital health group and computer and information science department are based on levels 11 to 14 of the Livingstone Tower, which is situated in the heart of Glasgow city centre. The department has a large study zone and a social area for working on group activities, as well as three large computer labs with state-of-the-art equipment.

Entry Requirements

• Academic requirements: Minimum second-class (2.2) Honours degree, or international equivalent in any subject.
• English language requirements: IELTS 6.0 (with no component below 5.5).

Fees and Funding

• Scotland: £11,900
• England, Wales & Northern Ireland: £11,900
• Republic of Ireland: £11,900
• International: £28,700
• Available scholarships: Take a look at our scholarships search for funding opportunities.

Careers

Graduates from this MSc are able to work in the hugely important and fast-growing field of digital health. They will be in a position to transform the delivery of health and care as it rapidly develops in the future. Job roles may include:

• Health Systems & Service Designers
• Data Analyst
• Application & System Developer
• Information Governance Manager
• Clinical Information Manager
• Planning & Performance Manager
• Full Stack Developer

Research

The research dissertation is an individual piece of work that addresses a specific issue relating to digital health. Supervisors suggest project ideas, and students evolve their allocated topic further during the research methods module and the research dissertation semester. The dissertation can take various forms, including an extensive literature review, a case study-based approach, an application-based approach, an evidence-based approach, or an experimental-based approach. Transferable skills developed through the research dissertation include research, project management, analytical and critical thinking, prototyping, literature reviewing, evaluation, and report writing.