Study information

Making a Difference with Health Data

Module titleMaking a Difference with Health Data
Module codeHPDM097
Academic year2019/0
Credits30
Module staff

Dr Thomas Monks (Convenor)

Module description

In this module you will develop your skills in health-related data science. Through our NHS partners, you will develop insights into the practical aspects of data analytics and how these methods can be directly applied to improve health services. You will learn a range of operational research techniques such as information visualisation to communicate outputs, geographic location analysis, and computer simulation to model and test alternative scenarios of care (e.g. the effects of adding an extra nurse to an emergency department). Programming will be in Python so you will use your background skills and those reinforced in the earlier modules.

Module aims - intentions of the module

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

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        Credit value30