Digital Health

Future-proof your career with digital health skills

CCH has been providing professionals across the globe with innovative online postgraduate courses in the field of healthcare since its inception. We are therefore delighted to announce our collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) School of Medicine to release an PGCertificate/PGDiploma/MSc in Digital Health.

Our aim is to equip you with the knowledge and skills to capitalise on the rapid advance in digital healthcare technologies that will improve the delivery of healthcare in the UK and across the globe.

Digital technologies have already revolutionised many aspects of our lives and will undoubtedly enhance the efficiency of healthcare delivery and make medicine more personalised and precise. Digital health is therefore an exciting area of study, with new developments and opportunities evolving rapidly.

PGCertificate/PGDiploma/MSc
in Digital Health

PGCert: 1 year / PGDip: 2 year / MSc: 3 years

Next intake – September 2021

Learn through bespoke online platform with the support of a professional tutor.

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Programme Highlights

Healthcare systems across the globe are going digital

Within 20 years, 90% of all jobs in the NHS will require digital skills (Topol Review NHS, 2019)

Harness the power of digital health technology now

As digital disruption rapidly transforms our health systems, there’s a high demand for professionals with skills in both technology and healthcare

Graduate with the skills needed to start your career

Future-proof your career in digital healthcare with an MSc in Digital Health

Programme Benefits

You will join this course at a time of fast-paced change in the NHS and in digital healthcare developments. The course team bring a wealth of experience, knowledge, networks and above all, passion, to their teaching.

The online MSc in Digital Health will equip you with the knowledge and skills to:

Deliver healthcare throughout the community

Capitalise on digital health technologies

Increase employment opportunities

Careers / employability

The global market for digital health is expected to exceed £400 billion by 2025. There is a great need for a digital health-ready workforce. It is now increasingly important that doctors and other healthcare professionals are able to exploit digital opportunities in healthcare to:

Improve patient outcomes
Deliver healthcare more efficiently and effectively
Bridge the gaps between different teams within health and social care

The NHS urgently needs professionals with digital expertise. Our online postgraduate programmes enable doctors and healthcare professionals to deepen their knowledge on digital health technologies to deliver exemplary healthcare.

Possible Career Evolution

Eddie 2013 – aged 21

A final-year zoology undergraduate, who feels that working within a team environment in the NHS would suit him. He’s interested in genomics and decides to pursue training as a bioinformatician and is delighted to be accepted for the postgraduate NHS clinical scientist training programme in clinical bioinformatics.

Eddie 2019 – aged 27

Now a clinical scientist working as a bioinformatician in a Genomic Laboratory Hub within a large NHS University Hospital Trust, Eddie is excited by the potential of emerging technologies that allow the detection of molecular disease markers in patients and are affordable enough to be used routinely in clinical practice.

Eddie 2029 – aged 37

As a consultant bioinformatician specialising in haematological cancers Eddie is a lead member of a research group developing new personalised treatments for rare haematological cancers.

*Eddie persona taken from Topol Review NHS, 2019

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