Study programme

A short description of the bachelor study programme

A Medical Information Specialist is familiar with all the basic medical subjects, the way in which a doctr reasons and acts, the methods of medical-scientific research and the organization of healthcare. The medical information specialist distinguishes himself from other information specialists and information scientists through his knowledge of medical processes, care organization processes and his insight into the specific role and meaning of information in the healthcare sector. The medical information specialist is an expert in the field of information analysis, representation, system design and implementation and evaluation of information systems and not so much in the field of the development of advanced technologies on which information systems are based. A medical information specialist is a skilled consultative partner of information and communication technologists as well as doctors and nurses; and thus acts as an essential bridge between the two divergent fields of medicine and informatics.

 

Bachelor profile

A short description of the bachelor profile

A Bachelor of Medical Informatics uses methods and concepts of informatics to solve problems in healthcare:

• A Bachelor can identify problems in the provision of informatioon and can use medical informatics techniques to solve these problems.
• Bachelor is familiar with the processes that exist in healthcare and can determine which information is needed for the implementation of these processes.
• Bachelor can model and record these processes in a computer system. He/she has the skills to design systems, which contribute to diagnostics and therapy by means of decision support, error recognition and patient logistics.

Keywords are: analysis, design and application.

 

The bachelor curriculum

Specific information about a part of the curriculum can be found by following one or more of the links below