Big data

01 August 2016 – 04 September 2016 or 29 August 2015 – 02 October 2016

Course details

  • Duration: 5 weeks part time online (Approximately 2-4 hours per week of online learning; the structure is modular to allow for catch-up and progressive course building for flexibility) and 2 days of face-to-face lectures in London.
  • Location: Online; London, UK
  • Fees:
    - NHS/Academic/Public Sector £650
    - Corporate £950
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This course will enable participants to understand emerging trends and issues in eHealth and how to manage technology initiatives that produce innovations to impact digital management of healthcare information.

Online Session Commences: 01 August 2016
Face to face session held in London: 17 & 18 August 2016
Online Session Concludes: 04 September 2016
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Online Session Commences: 29 August 2016
Face to face session held in London: 12 & 13 September 2016
Online Session Concludes: 02 October 2016

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Learning outcomes

  1. Recognise key concepts and topics in healthcare data science and eHealth.
  2. Review the practical application of eHealth and data science tools and techniques in healthcare.
  3. Apply theoretical frameworks to eHealth and data science projects in healthcare.
  4. Analyse key approaches and methodologies used in the delivery of eHealth and data science projects in healthcare.
  5. Establish and manage a range of elements required for successful delivery of eHealth and data science initiatives in healthcare.
  6. Investigate a range of tools and methodologies for the achievement of critical outcomes in eHealth and data science initiatives.

Course structure

This course is open to all participants with an interest in the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) within healthcare. The course content is designed to enable ICT professionals with the foundational skills to necessary to implement and manage Big Data projects in healthcare.

The programme is being delivered by blended learning; this allows you to experience the majority of course materials and lectures on-line, combined with face-to-face classroom work. This is a 5 week part-time course that is delivered both on-line and via 2 classroom-based lecture days in London. The format is designed to be flexible to allow you to pursue the course content alongside your work or in your free time via our moderated online learning management system. The face-to-face sessions will provide an opportunity to meet your class cohort in person and also consolidate learning via practical case-driven exercises at Imperial College.

We have designed the course this way to allow you the time to reflect and absorb teaching, as opposed to intense multi-day continuing professional development which can be both intense and time consuming. Our method of blended learning brings you the best of both online and classroom-based experience.

Who should attend?

This course is open to all participants with an interest in the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) within healthcare. The course content is designed to enable ICT professionals with the foundational skills to necessary to lead complex data projects in healthcare.

Imperial’s Global eHealth Unit identified a niche for providing professionals interested in technology projects with an approachable framework to begin to engage with these subjects. These two courses are designed to provide a foundation to get past the buzzword hype, provide principles to inform what is happening with the state of the art, and then give practical, case-study driven examples to provide a means to understand key concepts. Our courses are delivered in two parts: the first being a focus on principles, the second being a focus on industry application. To deliver this, we have researchers introducing key concepts, theories and frameworks, whilst we have industry collaborators making these concepts come to life with real world examples and cases. This combination will have you leaving our courses with ideas and perspectives that you can immediately implement at your organisation or on your next project.

 If you are looking to launch a new company in eHealth and data science in healthcare, are a technology manager with oversight on teams delivering these initiatives or have general interest in moving into this space, then these courses are for you.

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