Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis for Healthcare (P.Grad.Cert.)

Overview

Course Overview

Students will be equipped with the relevant knowledge and tools to understand, appraise and critically analyse or conduct an analysis of healthcare or related data used in healthcare research. Upon successful completion of the course, graduates will have learned the basic principles and methods of healthcare specific analyses and epidemiology and will have developed and applied practical skills in methods used in healthcare research. This will increase graduates’ employability in healthcare related research and practice and enhance the skills and abilities of those working with data and quantitative reports.

Is This Course For Me?

This course is open to a wide range of professionals from a broad spectrum of healthcare related backgrounds.

Career Opportunities

Upon successful completion of the course, graduates will have learned the basic principles and methods of healthcare specific analyses and epidemiology and will have developed and applied practical skills in critical analysis and methods used in healthcare research. This will increase graduates’ employability in healthcare-related research, practice and related industries.

Course Structure

This Postgraduate Certificate is the equivalent of 30 ECTS and is composed of three mandatory modules. The course is delivered through blended learning, two modules are delivered totally online and the third, a project, is delivered both face-to-face and online. Students will be required to complete all three modules.

Course Content

Students take three compulsory modules:

1. Introduction to Healthcare Statistic:.
2. Measuring and Reporting on Population Health:
3. Healthcare Data Acquisition, Management and Analysis.