Digital Health and Informatics for Healthcare (Hons) Munster Technological University

Overview

The Digital Health and Informatics for Healthcare (Hons) program at Munster Technological University is a four-year level 8 programme, three years on campus followed by one year on work placement. It is a combined degree in science and computing and multidisciplinary involving three pillars in the following areas: Bioscience, Health Studies and Data Science. 

The former two pillars underpinning the latter, providing graduates who understand the medical and human sciences as well as the advanced technical knowledge and skills.

What will I study?

The programme is multidisciplinary involving three pillars: bioscience, health science and data science.

• Pathophysiology & Disease: The aim of this module is to facilitate the student to differentiate between healthy and dysregulated function in the cardiac, respiratory and endocrine system and to understand the process and presentation of dysregulated function in oncology and rare disease.
• Physics for Biomedical & Health Sciences: To enable the student to develop an understanding of the principles of operation of relevant equipment, instrumentation and technology routinely used in health care environments.
• Digital & Healthcare Systems: This module aims to explore the evolution of healthcare systems from a historical to a contemporary perspective.
• Mathematics & Statistics for Science: To provide students with a knowledge of mathematics and statistics to describe and analyse scientific data.
• Structured Programming: The learner will be introduced to a disciplined approach to problem solving and algorithm development.