Master in Healthcare Information Systems Management

Course presentation

The specialized training in Medical Informatics is admittedly an essential action to promote and enhance the national technological developments and create added value for the country’s industry.This is confirmed by the investment made by both the government and the private sector in developing information systems that foster the improvement of the quality of services.The objectives of the
course are those of providing a specialization with special emphasis on Healthcare Information Systems and related technologies, and enabling the continuation of studies to students who have already acquired a degree on Healthcare Informatics, Computer Science, Networks Engineering and professionals in the area of Medical Informatics.

Goals

It is expected that the students which are able to successfully conclude this Master course will:

  • Be able to apply the knowledge and the skills in problem solving acquired in familiar and unfamiliar situations, in wide and multidisciplinary contexts;
  • Possess the capacity to integrate knowledge, deal with complex situations, develop solutions and provide adequate analysis in situation in which the information available is either limited or incomplete, including reflections on the implications and ethical and social responsibilities that may result from those solutions;
  • Be able to communicate conclusions an the knowledge acquired to specialists in the Medical Informatics area, as well as to non-specialists in a clear and unambiguous fashion;
  • Possess competences that allow them to continuously learn throught their lives in a self oriented and autonomous fashion.

 
Plano de Estudos (Despacho n.º 13027/2012, D.R. n.º 192, 2.ª série de 3 de outubro)


Joint degree from Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and Oporto's University

Curricular plan

CodeCurricular Unit Period ECTS Duration
2074102Statistics and Operational Research applied to Medical Informatics1st Semester51st Year
2074105Project Management for Healthcare Informatics1st Semester41st Year
2074104Strategic Management of Medical Information Systems1st Semester51st Year
2074101Research Methods and Scientific Writing1st Semester31st Year
2074103Organization and Management of Healthcare Systems1st Semester51st Year
2074107Next Generation Communication Networks and Services1st Semester31st Year
2074106Electronic Health Records1st Semester51st Year
2074111Advanced Bioinformatics2nd Semester51st Year
2074113Logistics and Management of Health Services2nd Semester51st Year
2074109Standards in Medical Informatics2nd Semester51st Year
2074112Biomedical Image Processing2nd Semester51st Year
2074110Security of Clinical Information Systems2nd Semester51st Year
2074108Clinical Decision Support Systems2nd Semester51st Year
CodeCurricular Unit Period ECTS Duration
2074117Elective - Master in Healthcare Information Systems Management3rd and 4th º Semesters602nd Year

Conditions of admission

Entry requirements
In accordance with the provisions of Article 17 (access and enrollment in the study leading to master's degree) of DL nº. 74/2006 of March 24, amended by No. 107/2008 of 25 June and No 230/2009 of 14 September.