Programme Structure

Please Note: The last intake for this joint programme with The University of Edinburgh and The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) was in September 2011. To note interest for a March 2012 intake of a Certificate and Diploma programme run by RCSEd or for more information on this programme when it becomes available click links below.

Health Informatics here>>
Health Information Governance here>>

The programme is designed in a progressive modular framework. It is primarily designed to provide staff working in health care settings with a set of core skills, competencies and knowledge about the practice of informatics/information governance and their contribution to the delivery of modern health care.

The programme is designed to be completed in three years, studied part time, with exit points at the end of each year as follows:

• Stage 1: Postgraduate Certificate in Health Informatics
• Stage 2: Postgraduate Diploma in Health Informatics or Health Information Governance
• Stage 3: MSc in Health Informatics or Health Information Governance

Students will be able to extend their study over a longer period conditional upon the availability of courses and satisfying the regulation of maximum study period of 6 years. Students undertaking this programme can opt to take courses using the Intermittent Study route.

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