Program Overview

Joint Master's Programme in Health Informatics

The Joint Master's Programme in Health Informatics is a rapidly evolving research area that focuses on the application of information technology to healthcare. The programme aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of health informatics, including its needs, objectives, and limitations.

Programme Outline

The programme consists of the following courses:

• Health informatics - needs, objectives and limitations (5 credits)
• Basic medical science (7.5 credits)
• Health care organisation and management (7.5 credits)
• Computer applications in health care and biomedicine (10 credits)
• User needs, requirements engineering and evaluation (10 credits)
• Standardisation within health informatics (5 credits)
• Scientific research methods (7.5 credits)
• Current research and trends in health informatics (15 credits)
• Degree Project in Health Informatics (30 credits)

Current Research and Trends in Health Informatics

This course is a key component of the programme, focusing on current topics and areas of research in health informatics. Students will explore the current literature within these topics and plan and conduct projects to further deepen their knowledge within a specific area.

Course Description

Health informatics is a rapidly evolving research area, and the current trends in health informatics change from year to year. In this course, students will familiarize themselves with a few current topics or areas of research. The topics will be proposed by experts in the beginning of the course.

Syllabus

The syllabus for this course includes current literature and research within the field of health informatics. The old version of this course is 5HI021.

Research Areas

The programme covers a range of research areas, including:

• Health informatics
• Medical science
• Healthcare organisation and management
• Computer applications in healthcare and biomedicine
• User needs and requirements engineering
• Standardisation within health informatics
• Scientific research methods