Study part-time: Master’s degree in medical informatics at UMIT Tirol

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Would you like to continue your professional development and become an expert in digitalization in the healthcare sector? The Tyrolean private university UMIT will be offering the advanced master’s degree in medical informatics from autumn 2021.

Qualified medical informatics are in great demand in all healthcare facilities and the healthcare industry. For this reason, UMIT Tirol will be offering the new advanced master’s degree “Medical informatics” at. The course is aimed at graduates with a bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject.

The past year once again impressively demonstrated the enormous opportunities that digitization offers in the healthcare sector. Applications such as virtual doctor visits, mobile health apps, intelligent and networked patient files or “AI” for decision support are essential for future-proof healthcare. New high-performance methods of analyzing health-related data enable deep insights for medical research (“data science”). These developments will sustainably advance the health system of the future and change health care.

Medical informatics is the key discipline for these developments and therefore far more than “computers in health care”. It describes how medical information and clinical knowledge is created, how it is shared and how it is used meaningfully in patient care and research. Medical informatics is a major driving force behind the development of health care and is as important today as anatomy and pathology were in the last century.

5 reasons for studying at the private university in Tyrol

1. UMIT Tirol can do medical informatics, and has done so for 20 years – the graduates are nationally and internationally active in top positions.

2. It brings science and practice together – the students benefit from a broad network of cooperation partners from industry, health care and research.

3. Students are not a number, but part of a motivated team – students learn and teach in small groups with committed students and teachers and maintain direct contact with each other.

4. Students are on the safe side – the quality of the course has already been checked and officially confirmed by the European Federation of Medical Informatics, the European society for medical informatics. The state accreditation by AQ Austria has already been applied for.

5. The private university thinks outside the box – English as the language of study, opportunities for a semester abroad at partner universities and renowned teachers offer excellent national and international career prospects in diverse, exciting and future-proof professional fields.

Master’s degree in Medical Informatics at a glance:

• Graduation: Master of Science (M.Sc.)

• Standard period of study | Credits: 4 semesters | 120 ECTS

• Admission requirements: University degree in a relevant subject area + admissions interview

• Language: English

• Organizational form: blended learning (face-to-face + online)

• Tuition fees per semester: € 490.00

• Next application deadline: n / A

• Start of studies: Winter semester

• Study location: UMIT TIROL and online-supported

target group

The following group of people can be admitted to study medical informatics:

• Bachelor graduates in medical informatics who want to continue their education in a scientifically oriented manner and with the ability to pursue a doctorate;

• Bachelor graduates in computer science who see their professional future in the health sector and are therefore now looking for a scientifically sound training in medical computer science (with the possibility of completing a doctorate);

• Bachelor graduates from mechatronics, medical technology or comparable technical or engineering subjects who see their professional future in the health care system and therefore want to continue their training in medical informatics on a scientifically sound basis and with the ability to pursue a doctorate;

• Bachelor graduates from natural sciences or economics subjects (such as medicine, physics, biochemistry, psychology, business administration, law) who have already completed a supplementary postgraduate course in computer science or medical technology and who now want to continue a well-founded scientific education in medical computer science with the possibility of completing a doctorate.

An admissions interview is held with all applicants to clarify previous experience, motivation and personal goals as well as to get to know each other and provide personal advice.

Study part-time

The course combines fixed weekly days of attendance at UMIT TIROL with online-supported study phases. The course is therefore well compatible with part-time work or family responsibilities. The Tyrolean private university UMIT TIROL attaches great importance to intensive training and close personal contact between teachers and students. Therefore, a maximum of 30 students are admitted each year.

Study structure

The primary language of study is English. Elective courses in the 3rd semester are held in German and English. In the first two semesters, there is a well-founded technical and methodical training in the following central subject areas of medical informatics: *

• Clinical information systems

• Health Data & Decision Science

• Health networking and TeleHealth

• biomedical technology

In the third semester, the individual subject specialization and profile formation takes place. For this purpose, a wide range of individually selectable courses from a wide range of UMIT TIROL or our international partner universities is available (in module 14). In the practical project (module 15), a specific practical problem is worked on using the methods learned in cooperation with a health facility or a health IT company. For this purpose, the private university can fall back on its broad cooperation network – including the Tirol Kliniken, for example. In the fourth semester, the master thesis is written and defended.

Career prospects

The master’s degree enables graduates to pursue a wide range of professional activities with various employers, e.g. in public and private health institutions, in hospitals and care and social institutions, in the health IT industry (software, hardware, medical technology), in health IT consulting companies, in Institutions of social security and statutory health insurance, in universities and research institutions, at manufacturers of medical devices, in health authorities, in the public service and in public administration.

An important core task for graduates is the solution of relevant problems from practice or research through analysis, conception, introduction and evaluation of modern IT solutions in health care as well as their support and continuous further development according to the state of practice and research.

Depending on previous qualifications, individual specialist specialization and professional experience, the professional employment opportunities include IT project management or team or department management in health facilities or in health networking, in requirements engineering, solution engineering or product management, in software quality assurance, sales or customer management , in approval and quality management of medical devices, in advising health facilities, in clinical data analysis, in research and development departments as well as in the collaboration or management of academic research projects. For the best possible employability of the graduates, the qualification profile is geared towards the international comparability of the training, but of course also takes into account the regional and national context.

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