Entrance Year Sept 2025
Programme Code 06003
Aims and Characteristics
Programme Aims
The programme offers an opportunity for professionals in health care and related disciplines to develop the knowledge, understanding and competencies necessary to function more effectively in addition to mastering the advanced use of information technology skills in health care settings.
Characteristics
The programme is the first of its kind in Hong Kong. It aims to equip health care professionals and students from health-related disciplines, information technology, engineering or related backgrounds with advanced information technology skills for health care settings. The course contents will address the needs of health care providers and allow for the introduction, re-orientation and/or conversion to a field that is of direct relevance to the student's place of employment.Students need to complete 31* credits comprising 4* compulsory, 2 core and 2 elective subjects plus a dissertation (or students can choose another 3 core/elective subjects of the programme to replace the dissertation).
*Students admitted in 2024/25 and beyond are required to complete the Academic Integrity and Ethics (AIE) Requirement, a 1-credit subject.
Programme Requirement Document; Dissertation Handbook and Forms (Intranet Access Only)
Compulsory subjects
- Electronic Patient Records
- Information Technology in Health Care
- Professional Development in Health Informatics
- Academic Integrity and Ethics (Health and Social Sciences)
Core subjects
- Artificial Intelligence Concepts
- Business Analytics
- Concepts and Technological Applications of Smart Hospitals
- Digital Imaging and PACS
- Epidemiology
- Knowledge Management for Clinical Applications
- Machine Learning & Data Analytics
- Medical Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
- Management Information Systems
- Project Management
- Software Engineering and Development
- Technology Innovation and Management
Elective subjects
- Advanced Statistics in Health Care Research
- Advanced Technology and Clinical Application in Nuclear Medicine Imaging
- Big Data Computing
- Bioinformatics in Health Sciences
- Data Structures and Database Systems
- Digital Design and Manufacturing for Biomedical Engineering
- Ethics and Law in Clinical Practice
- Health and Social Policy Analysis
- Health Care Ethics
- Intellectual Property, Standards and Regulations of Medical Devices
- Internet Computing and Applications
- Issues in Health Sociology
- Medical Imaging Physics
- Modern Rehabilitation Engineering and Robotics
- Quality Management of Health Care Services
- Radiation Protection and Radiation Safety
- Radiation Therapy Physics
- Research Methods and Biostatistics
- Research Methods and Data Analysis
- Virtual Reality in Health Care
- Wearable Technology for Digital Health
Dissertation
For more information on admission to the MSc in Health Informatics programme, please click the links below:
Date: 12 Oct 2024 (Sat)
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Room CD303, PolyU main campus
For academic queries, please contact Prof. Harry Qin
(Tel: 2766 6424; Email: harry.qin@polyu.edu.hk)
For other matters, please contact Ms Kendy Wong (Tel: 2766 4684; Email: kendy.wong@polyu.edu.hk).
