Alumniprofile Health Care IT
Elena Oberrauner, BSc
Diagnosen und Behandlungen im medizinischen Kontext benötigen heutzutage bereits vielfältige technische Unterstützung zur Gewährleistung eines…
Modern medicine can be seen as a high-tech-business: Doctors and other health professionals are increasingly relying on software or technical devices to enhance the outcome for their patients. To make this possible, experts in Health Care IT are vital in providing the required skills in medical engineering and image Processing/health informatics. At the Master degree study program ‘Health Care IT’ both areas are an integral part of education.
The program focuses on many technical aspects of Health Care IT, including Mobile System Development and Software Development. Active and Assisted Living (AAL) is another core element of the program that enables students to face the challenges of an aging society. They also learn about Software Consulting, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Device and Medical Device Development.
Additional to theoretical input, students at the Master degree study program ‘Health Care IT’ receive hands-on training in specialized laboratories. There they work in small groups. Health Care IT and Augmented Reality. In general, the program values personal support and mentoring. Teachers welcome their students with an open door policy.
Within the master degree program Health Care IT, students can concentrate on one of the following two areas of specialization: Medical Engineering and Image Processing focuses on topics in the area of medical engineering research and development. A special field of interest in this context is medical imaging systems and the resulting medical image processing. This career field provides an especially interesting interface between technology, organization and medicine. The second area of specialization is Health Informatics. Students receive a broad, yet specialized, view of the implementation of information technology and engineering as well as the organizational structures and processes in the healthcare sector.
Study + Work
Study and job - is that possible? With already nine companies as "Study and Work" partners, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences is starting the new academic year 2020/21. This attractive offer gives students the opportunity to immediately put theoretical knowledge into practice and to gain professional experience in Carinthia's leading companies.
The Study + Work Program is for students of the part-time courses "Information Technology - Medical Engineering" and "Health Care IT".
Requirements & Offer:
- Send the current application documents (i.e. curriculum vitae + cover letter) to jobspcsat
- Students will be employed on a part-time or part-time basis according to staff requirements
- the selection of potential employees* is done by PCS
Curriculum
The Master degree study program “Health Care IT” enables graduates to successfully face the challenges in the healthcare sector. Equipped with technical and medical knowledge they are sought-after by a wide variety of potential employers in the health care industry. The program also prepares them for upcoming social issues like Active and Assisted Living (AAL) and Instrumental Activities of daily Living (iADL), which become more and more important as we are moving towards an aging society.
Students benefit from practical trainings in dedicated laboratories and work there in small groups. Two areas of specialization allow them to further deepen their interests: Medical Engineering and Image Processing or Health Informatics can be chosen over the course of the degree program. Thanks to strong cooperation with the Health Care sector, the program is able to invite professionals and experts as guest lecturers.
Graduates of the master degree program Health Care IT are able to:
- comprehend, analyze and remodel processes in medicine, nursing and Management,
- develop and implement QM systems in healthcare,
- retrieve their detailed knowledge of the conception, design and functionality of healthcare information systems in order to design such Systems,
- describe the interaction of economics success, technology , processes and quality in healthcare,
- plan and use indicators for the implementation of corporate guidelines in the areas of procurement, planning an d development,
- present functioning, theoretical principles and technical implementation of medical devices,
- list application possibilities of mobile systems in healthcare and analyze, conceptualize and design applications of such Systems,
- design, implement and evaluate medical studies in cooperation with medic.
Current courses - Health Care IT
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Programming Techniques in Health Care 1 | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M2.03100.10.021 |
| Ambient Assisted Living 1 | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.011 |
| Clinical Engineering | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.061 |
| Embedded Medical Systems 1 | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M2.03100.10.031 |
| Management of Health Care Institutions | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.041 |
| Mathematics for Medical Engineering | SE | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.071 |
| Visualization in Medicine | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.051 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Reconstruction | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.30.581 |
| Academic Writing for Graduate Students | SE | 2,0 | 3,0 | M2.03100.30.211 |
| Medical Application | PT | 3,0 | 6,0 | M2.03100.30.601 |
| Robotics and Prosthetics in Medicine | VO | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.30.591 |
| Studies in Biomedical Engineering | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M2.03100.30.611 |
| Specialization Area: Health Informatics | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
| Development of Mobile Applications | ILV | 3,0 | 4,0 | M2.03101.30.621 |
| Specialization Area: Medical Engineering and Image Processing | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
| Advanced Medical Devices | ILV | 3,0 | 4,0 | M2.03102.30.641 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Programming Techniques in Health Care 2 | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M2.03100.20.491 |
| Ambient Assisted Living 2 | ILV | 3,0 | 4,0 | M2.03100.20.481 |
| Biophysiology and Neurosciences | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.20.521 |
| Embedded Medical Systems 2 | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M2.03100.20.501 |
| Medical Statistics | VO | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.20.511 |
| Specialization Area: Health Informatics | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
| Implementation Concepts for Health Systems | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03101.20.541 |
| Specialization Area: Medical Engineering and Image Processing | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
| Medical Engineering | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03102.20.551 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master Thesis Seminar HCIT | SE | 2,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.40.281 |
| Master Thesis HCIT | MT | 0,0 | 25,0 | M2.03100.40.291 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Programming Techniques in Health Care 1 | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M2.03100.10.021 |
| Ambient Assisted Living 1 | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.011 |
| Clinical Engineering | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.061 |
| Embedded Medical Systems 1 | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M2.03100.10.031 |
| Management of Health Care Institutions | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.041 |
| Mathematics for Medical Engineering | SE | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.071 |
| Visualization in Medicine | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.10.051 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Reconstruction | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.30.581 |
| Academic Writing for Graduate Students | SE | 2,0 | 3,0 | M2.03100.30.211 |
| Medical Application | PT | 3,0 | 6,0 | M2.03100.30.601 |
| Robotics and Prosthetics in Medicine | VO | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.30.591 |
| Studies in Biomedical Engineering | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M2.03100.30.611 |
| Specialization Area: Health Informatics | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
| Development of Mobile Applications | ILV | 3,0 | 4,0 | M2.03101.30.621 |
| Selected Topics in IT Security | ILV | 3,0 | 4,0 | M2.03101.30.631 |
| Specialization Area: Medical Engineering and Image Processing | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
| Advanced Medical Devices | ILV | 3,0 | 4,0 | M2.03102.30.641 |
| Selected Topics in Medical Image Processing | ILV | 3,0 | 4,0 | M2.03102.30.651 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Programming Techniques in Health Care 2 | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M2.03100.20.491 |
| Ambient Assisted Living 2 | ILV | 3,0 | 4,0 | M2.03100.20.481 |
| Biophysiology and Neurosciences | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.20.521 |
| Embedded Medical Systems 2 | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M2.03100.20.501 |
| Medical Statistics | VO | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.20.511 |
| Specialization Area: Health Informatics | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
| Implementation Concepts for Health Systems | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03101.20.541 |
| Selected Topics in Medical Informatics | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03101.20.531 |
| Specialization Area: Medical Engineering and Image Processing | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
| Advanced Medical Image Processing | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03102.20.561 |
| Medical Engineering | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M2.03102.20.551 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master Thesis Seminar HCIT | SE | 2,0 | 5,0 | M2.03100.40.281 |
| Master Thesis HCIT | MT | 0,0 | 25,0 | M2.03100.40.291 |
Depending on the previous education (Bachelor of Medical Information Technology or a different IT Bachelor program) of our graduates, the career fields and qualification profile of a Health Care IT graduate will naturally vary. Characteristically for this Master degree, the following qualifications, skills and knowledge fall in the following areas:
- Informatics and medical informatics
- Medical engineering
- Healthcare telematics
- Telemedicine
- Healthcare economics
- Hospital Management
- Process analysis & optimization in Health Care
- Project management, change management
- Business management methodology
- Medical specialized vocabulary
- Understanding of medical decision-making (diagnosis, therapies), clinical pathways
- Understanding of care processes and care standards
- Knowledge of generic hospital processes and information requirements of medicine, care and administration.
- Quality management
- Data analysis and evaluation
- Statistics (SAS, etc.)
- Basic understanding of the pharmaceutical industry
- Clinical trials and studies
- Understanding of the requirements in the areas of scientific research and logistics.
- Development of an IT strategy and comprehension of the specific demands in hospitals (scaleability, high accessibility, integration, etc.)
- IT architechture
- Interface standards (HL7, DICOM. IHE, CEN, etc.)
- Medical engineering and medical devices
- Management skills for IT supervisors
- Knowledge of professional it processes (ITIL or ITPM – such as planning, operation, SLAs, etc.)
Career Profiles
Faculty and Staff - Health Care IT
Dean Engineering & IT, Head of Degree Program Information Technology, Medical Engineering and Health Care IT
FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.
Christian Menard
Student Support Services
Claudia Palank
Administration of Studies
Dipl.-Bw. (FH)
Bettina Strasser
Program Director Multimedia Technology
Dipl.-Ing.
Jürgen Thierry
Professor of English
Marvin Hoffland, MSc.
Professor of Data Science
FH-Prof. DI (FH) Dr. techn.
Markus Prossegger
Professor of Computer Science
FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.
Dominik Rauner-Reithmayer
Professor of Medical Systems
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.
Michael Seger-Candussi
Part-time Lecturer
Mag. Dr.
Karl Cernic, MAS
Mag.a Dr.in
Daniela Ebner
DI Dr.
Gerhard Gaube
Prof. D.Sc.
Roman Kamnik, B.Sc. M.Sc.
Dr.
Michael Leitner
Dipl.-Ing.
Günter Obiltschnig
ao.Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.
Robert Sablatnig
Hon.-Prof. (FH) Dr. med.
Wolfgang Weitensfelder
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