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Master Programme in Medical Informatics
General information
| Official Code: | 9525 |
| Acronym: | MIM |
| Description: | Medical Informatics (MI) is the study of theoretical aspects of information science specific to the understanding of biomedical data, information and knowledge and to the practical application of information technologies in health systems, aimed at improving aspects related to safety, effectiveness, efficiency, equity and availability of healthcare services. The Master’s degree course in MI is designed to prepare students to work as administrators and consultants for Health information systems, project managers for Health Information Systems or researchers in the field of Health Informatics, working in particular with decision support systems, e-Health, medical image and signal processing, IT security, and more. |
Certificates
- Master Programme in Medical Informatics (120 ECTS credits)
- Specialization in Medical Informatics (60 ECTS credits)
Courses Units
Introduction to informatics
IM2014_01 - ECTS
Scientific Research and Communication
IM2014_04 - ECTS
Medicine and health systems
IM2014_02 - ECTS
Understand the diverse medical terminology and health services processes and organization with emphasis to the Portuguese National Health Service. Learn the fundaments of medicine (intervenient, normal and disease concepts, clinical method and decision), health systems and current healthcare providing. Management and coding of clinical information and production of indicators.
Sistemas Interativos para a Saúde
IM2020_01 - ECTS
Telemedicine and e-health
IM2014_05 - ECTS
Evaluation Methods in Medical Informatics
IM2014_08 - ECTS
This course addresses topics related to the evaluation methods of health information systems
Bioinformatics
OPT_IM_18 - ECTS
Data Mining in Healthcare
OPT_IM_11 - ECTS
In this curricular unit, machine learning methods will be addressed for the knowledge discovery in data (data mining) in the health area.
Quality and Management Indicators in Healthcare
OPT_IM_10 - ECTS
This curricular unit will discuss topics related to the definition and use of indicators, and also concepts of Health Economics.
Clinical Information models and communication standards in healthcare
OPT_IM_12 - ECTS
This course aims to discuss health information exchanges (HIEs) between clinical and public/population health data systems, to discuss the main categories and HIT standards and to discuss the standards harmonization process.
Probabilistic Graphical Models
OPT_IM_13 - ECTS
Signal and image processing
OPT_IM_15 - ECTS
Programming
OPT_IM_17 - ECTS
Dissertation Project
OPT_IM_16 - ECTS
Informatics security
IM2014_09 - ECTS
Clinical Decision Support Systems
IM2014_06 - ECTS
Health Information Systems and Electronic Health Records
IM2014_07 - ECTS
Dissertation
IM2014_20 - ECTS
This curricular unit aims to evaluate the capacity of a student to perform autonomous, research-level work.
Seminars
IM2014_19 - ECTS
Provide students with comprehensive knowledge of scientific development and research in medical informatics
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