Digital Health Systems University of Strathclyde

Overview

This Digital Health Systems programme from University of Strathclyde is the perfect conversion pathway for recent graduates looking to move into the health and care sector. It's also ideal for existing health and social care practitioners looking to up-skill in digital innovation and move into leadership and transformational roles.

This course is unique because:

• it's delivered by a broad range of world experts in computing science, information science, psychology, and health services research

• it's relevant to real-world practice by drawing on various examples of health, care and industry innovations

• it integrates research-led teaching across the curriculum

• it takes a multifaceted whole systems approach involving people, technology, practice and policy

Careers

Graduates from this course are able to work in the hugely important and fast growing field of digital health. And they’ll be in a position to transform the delivery of health and care as it rapidly develops in the future.

• Health Systems & Service Designers: designing new technology enabled services

• Data Analyst: analysing data and producing insights for informing health and care decision making

• Application & System Developer: producing state of the art software fit for healthcare management and delivery

• Information Governance Manager: creating and realising actionable data management plans for health and social care data and services

• Clinical Information Manager: creating systems for structuring and organising health and care information to support clinical decision making

• Planning & Performance Manager: business analysis for the healthcare sector

• Full Stack Developer: working on front and back end web development for digital health companies or agencies for those that join the programme with existing software development or software engineering skills