HEALTH INFORMATÄ°CS
Second Cycle Programmes
(Master's Degree)

D.1. General Information about Program

One of the fields where knowledge and technology are most intensively used is health sciences and medicine. The measurement and imaging methods, as well as the testing, analysis, and monitoring devices used, are rapidly developing and increasing in number. As a result, medical knowledge is continuously enriching, and the amount of medical data and information collected for patients is also increasing at a significant pace. The abundance of scientific studies conducted in medicine and the difficulties and delays in applying this literature to practice highlight the inevitable importance of information technologies as a useful method to overcome these challenges.

Health Informatics aims to create, process, format, share, and ultimately determine, select, and improve the care and treatment of patients based on this information and data.

The evaluation and synthesis of the information produced in all scientific fields, as well as the results reached in research, have always been on the agenda of Health Informatics, particularly in relation to human health. This agenda will increasingly require integrative interdisciplinary approaches. Considering this need, one of the most important steps that Turkey must take in the field of Health Informatics is to develop human resources in this area.

It is essential to establish "shareable" and "utilizable" processes in health services that make the highest use of the opportunities provided by information technologies and to extend these processes to inter-institutional sharing and development. In short, it is of great importance to create a structure where education and research in Health Informatics are institutionalized in line with the country's priorities.

To this end, the Health Informatics Master's Program with Thesis is conducted with the aim of training the qualified human resources needed by the sector. The language of instruction for the program is English.

D.2 Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree

D.3. Level of Qualification

QF-EHEA: 2
EQF-LLL: 7

D.4. Provisions for Registration

The Health Informatics Master's Program is expected to attract individuals who have completed higher education in all areas related to healthcare production and health management (such as doctors, hospital managers, advanced nurses, pharmacists, and relevant basic sciences) as well as graduates from engineering and science disciplines that may be relevant (such as industrial engineering, computer science, electronics, mechanical engineering, food engineering, biomedical engineering, physics, chemistry, statistics, mathematics, etc.).Candidates wishing to apply for the Health Informatics Master's Program with Thesis must meet the following requirements:

• Must have graduated from a four-year undergraduate program.
• Must have scored at least 70 points on the ALES exam or achieved a passing score on internationally recognized exams accepted by the Senate as equivalent to ALES, with predetermined minimum success scores.
• Must have scored at least 70 points on one of the YDS, e-YDS, or YÖKDÄ°L exams, or possess a minimum score on national and international language exams such as TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or similar exams that have been accepted by the Senate with predetermined minimum success scores.
• Must pass a scientific interview conducted as part of the application process.

D.5. Qualification Requirements and Regulations

The normal duration of the Health Informatics Master's Program with Thesis is 2 years (4 semesters), and the maximum duration is 3 years (6 semesters). Students enrolled in this program must meet the following requirements to graduate:

• Complete at least 24 local credits of courses (1 compulsory course with 3 local credits and a total of at least 21 local credits of elective courses), a non-local credit seminar course, and prepare a thesis with a special topics course (the local credits of the special topics course and thesis are evaluated as pass/fail).
• Achieve a minimum grade of C1 in all courses.
• Maintain a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 2.50/4.00 and earn a minimum of 125 ECTS credits.

D.6. Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning

It is possible to transition from graduate programs in the university or other higher education institutions to the doctoral program of the department. The necessary conditions are stated in the regulations of Hacettepe University Graduate Education and examination. In addition, studying at a higher education institution under graduate or graduate education or who want to improve their skills by completing a specific subject knowledge and practice may attend the classes as a special student with the approval o the board of directors, the course manager.

D.7. Goals and Objectives

Health Informatics  Masters Program aims to graduate qualified experts on health information technologies who will contribute to spread of proper technological solutions in healthcare sector.

Program also aims to prapare the required media to grow cooperation among different disiplines acting in this field.

D.12. Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The graduates of this program can work in private or governmental bodies those acting in healthcare sector and working with healthcare information. Examples of target organizations include private and governmental hospitals, insurance companies, social security organization, Ministry of health, medical companies producing medical products and knowledge, companies acting in pharmaceutical and biomedical industries.

D.13. Access to Further Studies

QF-EHEA: 3
EQF-LLL: 8

D.14. Profile of the Programme

Health Informatics Master's Program with Thesis

• Comprises a total of at least 125 ECTS credits,
• Includes 1 compulsory course with 3 local credits and at least 7 elective courses with a minimum of 21 local credits,
• Involves a thesis study (60 ECTS).

D.15. Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

"The measurement and evaluation methods applied for each course are defined in the 'Course Teaching Plan' prepared by the relevant faculty member(s) and included in the information package. Regarding exams and course success grades, the relevant articles of Hacettepe University's Graduate Education-Teaching and Examination Regulation are applied (Resmi Gazete dated November 26, 2016, No. 29900).

D.16. Graduation Requirements

"In order for a student who has successfully completed all the requirements of the master's program to graduate, they must meet the relevant articles of the Hacettepe University Graduate Education-Instruction and Examination Regulation (Resmi Gazete dated November 26, 2016, No. 29900).

D.17. Education Type

1. Full Time Education

D.18. Programme Director

 Prof. Tunca Doğan

tuncadogan@hacettepe.edu.tr

Informatics Institute

Dept. of Health Informatics

Phone: +90 (312) 2977193