PGCert Clinical Data Science at University of Manchester

This Clinical Data Science course was co-created with end users and industry partners to develop a flexible programme suitable for busy health and social care practitioners. You will benefit from blended teaching that will provide a rich mixture of online and face-to-face learning opportunities.

Faculty: Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health  |  Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The PGCert comprises four units of 15 credits. Data Engineering This unit introduces you to data wrangling (pre-processing) and provides you with an understanding of structured and unstructured data formats, how data is modelled in various commonly used database systems, as well as an awareness of data/cyber security. Compulsory units include Data Engineering, Maths, Stats, and Machine Learning, Data Visualisation and Communication, Hum Factors and Digital Transformation.

Career pathways

Taking this course will help you gain the skills and knowledge needed to be at the forefront of the current digital transformation agenda taking place in healthcare. You will be ideally placed to work with other data centric professionals on digital transformation and informatics projects as well as making better use of datasets that may already be available to you in your area for your own small-scale projects.

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