Digital Healthcare Science BSc (UCAS I511) - no longer available from 2022 entry
Digital Healthcare Science at Warwick
This course is no longer available from 2022 entry, but you may be interested in our Health and Medical Sciences degree.
Health and Medical Sciences degreeGeneral entry requirements
A level typical offer
ABB to include at least one Science subject from:
- Applied Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Geology
- Human Biology
- Mathematics
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Psychology
- Statistics
A level additional information
You must also achieve grade B or 6 in GCSE Mathematics. You also need to meet the additional requirements listed below.
A level contextual offer
We welcome applications from candidates who meet the contextual eligibility criteria and whose predicted grades are close to, or slightly below, the contextual offer level. The typical contextual offer is BBB including one from Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, Human Biology, Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology or Statistics. See if you’re eligible.
General GCSE requirements
Unless specified differently above, you will also need a minimum of GCSE grade 4 or C (or an equivalent qualification) in English Language and either Mathematics or a Science subject. Find out more about our entry requirements and the qualifications we accept.
We advise that you also check the English Language requirements for your course which may specify a higher GCSE English requirement. Please find the information about this below.
IB typical offer
34 points to include grade 5 in Higher Level in at least one Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths or a related subject.
IB additional information
You also need to meet the additional requirements listed below.
IB contextual offer
We welcome applications from candidates who meet the contextual eligibility criteria and whose predicted grades are close to, or slightly below, the contextual offer level. The typical contextual offer is 32 including grade 5 in either Higher Level Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or Sports Exercise and Health Science. See if you’re eligible.
General GCSE requirements
Unless specified differently above, you will also need a minimum of GCSE grade 4 or C (or an equivalent qualification) in English Language and either Mathematics or a Science subject. Find out more about our entry requirements and the qualifications we accept.
We advise that you also check the English Language requirements for your course which may specify a higher GCSE English requirement. Please find the information about this below.
We welcome applications from students taking BTECs. Applicants must be studying an A level or BTEC in a related subject, such as, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Human Biology, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology or Mathematics.
You also need to meet the additional requirements listed below.
General GCSE requirements
Unless specified differently above, you will also need a minimum of GCSE grade 4 or C (or an equivalent qualification) in English Language and either Mathematics or a Science subject. Find out more about our entry requirements and the qualifications we accept.
We advise that you also check the English Language requirements for your course which may specify a higher GCSE English requirement. Please find the information about this below.
International qualifications
English Language requirements
All applicants have to meet our English Language requirements. If you cannot demonstrate that you meet these, you may be invited to take part in our Pre-sessional English course at Warwick.
Additional requirements
- You are required to pass a DBS check and health screening.
- You will need to obtain an overseas police check from any country where you have lived for 6 months or more in the last five years.
- You will also need to meet our English Language requirements.
- You will be expected to attend an interview.
The DHS team will conduct an interview with each student to ensure that the student's individual values and behaviours align with the values of the NHS constitute.
Frequently asked questions
Warwick may make differential offers to students in a number of circumstances. These include students participating in a Widening Participation programme or who meet the contextual data criteria.
Differential offers will usually be one or two grades below Warwick’s standard offer.
All students who successfully complete the Warwick IFP and apply to Warwick through UCAS will receive a guaranteed conditional offer for a related undergraduate programme (selected courses only).
Find out more about standard offers and conditions for the IFP.
We welcome applications for deferred entry.
We do not typically interview applicants. Offers are made based on your UCAS form which includes predicted and actual grades, your personal statement and school reference.
Course overview
Ready to start transforming your life and the lives of others? Our course offers the opportunity to pursue a brand new career. Interact with real patients and healthcare practitioners, and harness the power of digital technology to develop real-world solutions. This course will equip you with leading-edge science to significantly improve health services.
Our BSc in Digital Healthcare Science has been developed as a result of a recognised need from healthcare organisations for a new type of healthcare scientist equipped with digital and further transferable skills.
The programme focuses on the following four sciences: Behavioural Science, Healthcare and Physiological Sciences, Science of Digital Healthcare and Science of Shared Clinical Decision-making. You will gain a breadth of scientific training, and develop the knowledge and skills to work with digital technologies.
The course will be a mix of taught sciences and practical placements. Each year, the four sciences will be blended into a number of concentrated learning blocks. Between these blocks, you will complete a programme of activities including an average of one day per week on a clinical setting placement or other relevant health placement. Your third year continues to build on this and addresses practice and research in more depth.
Core modules
Year One
You’ll be introduced to the concepts of digital healthcare, and of personalised health and wellbeing. You will gain an understanding of the science of wellbeing; nutrition, metabolism and physical activity; health behaviour; clinical decision-making; communication; professional behaviours and engaging with evidence-informed practice.
Year Two
In year two you will learn to optimise digital healthcare technologies using big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence. You'll also gain an understanding of applied behavioural science, the psychology of mental health and healthy sleeping patterns to design innovative digital solutions to current and future healthcare challenges. You will learn the importance of context, personalisation and digital systems.
Year Three
Year three offers the platform needed to launch your career as a Digital Healthcare Scientist. You will have the opportunity to delve into more detail as you continue to apply academic learning within real clinical settings. Here you will also have the chance to explore a digital healthcare specialism of your choice as you embark on solving emerging problems through a work-based project or dissertation.
Year One
Individuals, wellbeing, choices and decisions
- Introduction to Digital Healthcare
- Personalised Health and Wellbeing Stratification
- Science of Wellbeing
- Nutrition, Metabolism, and Physical Activity
- Science of Clinical Decision-Making
- Academic and Professional Development (Context of Regulation and Governance)
- Introduction to Research and Evidence-Informed Practice
Year Two
Supporting people in their context and optimising digital healthcare
- Design of Digital Health Systems
- Big Data in Healthcare, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
- Psychology of Mental Health and Behavioural Change
- Applied Behavioural Science
- Mental Health, Addiction and Sleep
- People in Context: Determinants of Health and Wellbeing
- Academic and Professional Development (Leadership and Legal Context of Practice)
Year Three
Practice and research
- Human Systems Integration
- Self-Help Across the Lifespan
- Activating Health and Wellbeing
- Research Project: Digital Health and Wellbeing Solutions
- Academic and Professional Development (Service Evaluation/Improvement, Autonomy and Accountability)
Optional modules
There are no optional modules for this course.
Assessment
The course has been designed so that your learning is integrated across four sciences and an Academic and Professional Development (APD) strand, and so your assessments will also be integrated to reflect that.
Throughout the course you’ll have formative tests (both written and practical) to help you ensure that your learning is on track. You will also have the opportunity to demonstrate the application of your academic learning in authentic clinical situations within your Placements in Practice, which commence after completing year one.
Years One and Two
In the first two years you will complete three written assignments per year, as well as being marked on the quality of the work demonstrated in your portfolio, which you will maintain throughout the course. At the end of each year there will be a practical examination known as an ‘Objective Structured Science and Clinical Examination’.
Year Three
Your third year research project is assessed not only through your written report, but also by a presentation to an assessor. You’ll also be expected to engage in a professional discussion with an assessor about the contents of your portfolio and to demonstrate your handling of a typical situation that might be encountered by a Digital Healthcare Scientist.
Teaching
The delivery of our Digital Healthcare Science degree is geared towards ensuring that new knowledge, technologies and skills can be applied to achieve better patient care in clinical and remote settings. Each year consists of a blend of taught modules and concentrated learning blocks, with clinical placements commencing after completing year one.
- The course includes a mix of taught modules blended into concentrated learning blocks each year.
- Between these concentrated blocks, there will be a programme of activities including an average of one day per week on placement in a clinical setting after completing year one.
- Before each learning block, you will study a virtual case designed to integrate the different strands of science learning on that block.
- This case-based learning will incorporate personal and group study, web-based discussions and tutor interaction.
- The third year comprises of taught modules, a placement-learning project, and a 30-credit work-based project/dissertation.
Tuition fees
Scholarships and bursaries
Your career
This is a new course so our first cohort of students have not yet graduated. However, we expect that our students will have an interest in areas such as career posts in the NHS, in private practice, in occupational health within industry and commerce, and in wider digital health practice.
Supporting your career
Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant to support you. They offer impartial advice and guidance, together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:
- Career planning for WMG students
- Options in Engineering
- Warwick careers fairs throughout the year
- Effective Applications for WMG students
- Researching Employers for WMG students
WMG at Warwick
Having forged strong links with global companies through 40 years of collaborative research and development, we really understand the global market you’ll be operating in, and have designed our programmes to match.
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