Dear HIFA colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to a new fully online MSc at the University of Galway in Ireland - the MSc in Evidence-Based Future Healthcare.
The MSc in Evidence-Based Future Healthcare <https://scanner.topsec.com/?d=2120&r=show&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.university... at the University of Galway is an exciting new fully online interprofessional postgraduate course designed for professionals working in any aspect of health or healthcare systems seeking to transform their current practice, optimise healthcare outcomes and advance their careers in a rapidly evolving field. Our future-facing programme aims to equip healthcare and health systems workers from all backgrounds with the skills and knowledge to tackle current and emerging healthcare challenges by utilising cutting-edge approaches to evidence identification, appraisal, and patient-centred implementation.
We welcome national and international applicants from diverse backgrounds, including those with experience of providing direct patient care or working in any aspect of health services, research and development, administration or policy.
What makes this course different?
* A flexible and responsive learning approach – Our flexible online learning approach enables high-quality learning at a time and place that suits you. The course is fully online, with content that students can access in their own time. It is supported by live online tutorials with dedicated and experienced lecturers to help people balance work, life, and study.
* A focus on applied and pragmatic learning - Each module and its assessment is applied to real-world settings and targets the development of critical thinking, problem-solving skills and interprofessional evidence-based practice. For example, rather than teaching you how to do statistics, we teach you how to find, understand and apply statistics to your everyday work. In place of a traditional thesis, we have an applied capstone project where students work to develop innovative solutions to real-life implementation challenges relevant to their own workplace.
* Interprofessional and interdisciplinary – The programme has been developed and designed by an interprofessional team of clinicians and academics, and each module has a strong focus on collaborative interdisciplinary teamwork to replicate real-life integrated healthcare settings.
* High quality programme – The programme is delivered by experts in evidence-based healthcare from the University of Galway, with guest contributions from international experts. This programme is an official partner of the internationally-recognised centres of excellence of Evidence Synthesis Ireland<https://scanner.topsec.com/?d=2120&r=show&u=https%3A%2F%2Fevidencesynthe..., Cochrane Ireland<https://scanner.topsec.com/?d=2120&r=show&u=https%3A%2F%2Fireland.cochra... and closely linked with the Irish Health Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network<https://scanner.topsec.com/?d=2120&r=show&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hrb-tmrn.i.... Graduates of the programme have highly rated it as evidenced by excellent student testimonials.
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Benefits for employers
* Better patient and service-level outcomes - Research shows that health organisations that implement evidence-based practice have better outcomes, e.g. reduced length of hospital stay and decreased patient mortality rates.
* Employee satisfaction - Research suggests that healthcare professionals who practice evidence-based healthcare also often report greater job satisfaction
* Cost-savings - Healthcare services and organisations that implement evidence-based healthcare can also benefit from decreased costs and increased efficiencies, e.g. due to a reduction in unnecessary medical procedures or referrals
* Allows staff to continue working alongside study – Our course is specifically designed to allow busy healthcare professionals to enhance their skills and knowledge without disrupting their work schedules.
* Staff recruitment and retention – Supporting participation on our MSc can be used as an incentive for the recruitment and retention of staff
* Applied focus – Students are encouraged and facilitated to work on projects relevant to their current workplaces so that assignment outputs are of maximum benefit to the employer as well as the student
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or would like to schedule a quick 10 min online call!
Dr Elaine Toomey (Programme Director), elaine.toomey@universityofgalway.ie
HIFA profile: Elaine Toomey is a Lecturer a the University of Galway, in Ireland. Professional interests: Evidence based healthcare; Implementation science; Behavioural science; Health research methodology, and Knowledge translation. Email: elaine.toomey AT universityofgalway.ie