Healthcare Informatics

Information management and the utilisation of associated technology is becoming a major activity of the healthcare professional. This course is directed to medical practitioners, those in allied professions and also at those working in ICT areas in the health sector.



• Trains graduates in medical and allied professions and those with an information technology background in healthcare informatics.

• Enables students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and utilise tools of medical informatics.

• Flexible approach to teaching and learning to accommodate busy clinicians.

• Currently funded under the National Development Plan, Graduate Skills Conversion Programme.



What Will I Learn?

• Trains graduates in medical and allied professions and those with an information technology background in healthcare informatics

• Enables students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and utilise tools of medical informatics

• Flexible approach to teaching and learning to accommodate busy clinicians.



The course is primarily aimed at existing and future employees in the health service and IT industry sector who are looking to move into the area of Health Informatics, expand their current knowledge in the area, or get more involved in health IT implementation projects in their respective work locations. The assignments for the various modules are primarily focused on work-based topics, with these assignments being undertaken primarily as group or team work. This team-based process mirrors the actuality of IT systems implementation projects or health data / business intelligence analysis in this sector.



NFQ Level: 9 (60 credits)

Level: Graduate Taught

Award: Graduate Diploma

Stage 1 Core Modules

MDCS42240: Medical Research Design, Regulations & Ethics

MEIN40050: Medical Records

PHPS41040: Clin Info and Decision Support

MEIN40090: Interoperability, Standards, Introduction to XML

MEIN40410: Intro to AI in Healthcare

PHPS41050: Info Governance in Health



Stage 1 Options - A) Min 0 of:

Select modules to the total value of 25 ECTS

COMP40370: Data Mining

COMP40610: Information Visualisation

PHTY41230: Digital Health Technologies: Integration and Application of Medical and Consumer Devices

STAT40730: Data Programming with R (Online)

MEIN40230: Personalized Medicine

PHPS41070: Info Systems Implementation

COMP47770: Health Data & Analytics

MEIN40330: AI for Personalised Medicine

PATH40050: AI & Digital Pathology: Theory & Practice

PHPS41080: Corporate Info Sys in Health

RDGY41710: AI For Medical Image Analysis

• Applicants will normally hold a NQF Level 8 academic award.



• Where an applicant does not hold a Level 8 award, consideration will be given to those with relevant and appropriate qualifications and experience working in or closely with the health system. Such candidates may be interviewed to ensure applicability to the programme prior to acceptance.



• Candidates who may enter via this route would typically be those currently employed but looking to change the focus of their career into the Health Informatics arena, or those that have health experience but are currently unemployed and looking to re-enter the workforce in the Healthcare Informatics field.



You may be eligible for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), as UCD recognises formal, informal, and/or experiential learning. RPL may be awarded to gain Admission and/or credit exemptions on a programme.



Please visit the UCD Registry RPL web page (https://tinyurl.com/2ae2ffax) for further information. Any exceptions are also listed on this webpage.

1 year full-time

Delivery: On Campus

X293: Grad Dip Healthcare Informatics

Full-Time: Graduate Diploma



Full-Time: Commencing September 2025

Graduate Taught