“Man with two hats may talk through two faces” Prof Alan Gillies MA PhD FBCS CITP Professor of Information Management, UCLAN Chair UKCHIP CPD Working Group

Health Informatics Opportunities at UCLan Individual CPD awards in Health Informatics FD in Health Informatics B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in Health Informatics Postgraduate Cert. in Health Informatics Postgraduate Diploma in Health Informatics MSc in Health Informatics ……Leading to option to study for a PhD

Health Informatics Opportunities at UCLan BSc PGDip MSc PhD FDSc Yr 1 FDSc Yr 2 ProfCert Uni Cert CPD Uni Cert HI PGCert

UCLan Foundation Degree in Health Informatics NHS Professional Certificate in IM & T (Health) accreditation Based on a range of Professional Standards UVAC accredited January 2005 Progression route to BSc (Hons) in Health Informatics Blended route 6 study days + elearning

The learning cycle Module Unit 1 Unit 2 ….. What you need to know Now try this Discuss it with your peers Further information Unit 3

Unit Activities

What you need to know

Try this to see if you understand

Further Information

The UCLAN Postgraduate Programmes in health informatics PGCert…PgDip…MSc

Postgraduate Health Informatics awards that can be gained University Certificate in HI Post Graduate Certificate, Post Graduate Diploma or MSc route

Study routes Distance blend: e-learning + 2 residentials per year Local cohort blend e-learning + 10 workshops per year in locality “It’s all in the blend!”

Accredited awards for CPD LevelTopic 1Personal development; The role of the organisation, The role of IS, IT and NPfIT; Data Knowledge and Information; The role of information within the organisation; Communication skills 2Data analysis; Drawing conclusions from data Electronic communications; Electronic health records 3Clinical governance through work based learning 4Information and IT concepts; Research methods (x2: quantitative or qualitative) Evidence Based Practice and DSS; IT for H≻ Quality Assurance