Key Facts
Course Code: DPCNM-QMDA-1P09
Duration: One year part-time
Next Intake: September 2024
Closing date for applications: 31st July 2024
Location: 24 D'Olier Street and onlline
Fees: Further information on course fees can be found at Academic Registry.
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. Students will learn to conduct and interpret basic statistical methods using appropiate software. 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 practice and industry.
This course is offered on a one-year part-time basis.
This Postgraduate Certificate is the equivalent of 30 ECTS and is composed of three mandatory modules. The course is delivered through blended learning, 2 modules are delivered totally online and the third is delivered both face-to-face and online. Students are required to complete all three modules.
Introduction to Healthcare Statistics (10 ECTS)
Measuring and Reporting on Population Health (10 ECTS)
Healthcare Data Acquisition, Management and Analysis (10 ECTS)
- Applicants must hold an honours degree in a relevant discipline or otherwise satisfy the course committee that they have the ability to complete and benefit from the course.
- Applicants must be familiar with information technology in particular email and internet use and have access to computer facilities including email and internet.
- One academic and one professional reference from an employer. Each reference should confirm the potential and suitability of the applicant to undertake the course
- Copies of academic transcripts from completed educational courses
- Copies of official awards (parchment) from completed educational courses
All applicants whose first language is not English and who have not been educated through the medium of English must meet Trinity College's Postgraduate English Language Requirements.
Find out more: https://www.tcd.ie/study/apply/admission-requirements/postgraduate/
English language requirements will be waived for applicants whose first language is not English and who are currently registered as nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) where that registration with the NMBI was based on the applicant’s IELTS score and they have evidence of continued engagement in a high intensity English language environment.
Q&A Session - Postgraduate Certificate in Quantitative Methods & Data Analysis for Healthcare
Professor Catherine Comiskey, Dr Sonam Banka-Cullen and Muluken Basa take part in a question and answer session to provide information for those interested in applying to the Postgraduate Certificate in Quantitative Methods & Data Analysis for Healthcare.