Courses & research | Digital Health | Master Health Sciences

In addition to the compulsory courses of the Master's in Health Sciences, you will follow additional courses within the specialisation in Digital Health (DH) and you will end your Master’s with your final master’s assignment. In total, you will collect 60 EC within one year.

European Credit Transfer System

Student workload at Dutch universities is expressed in EC, also named ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), widely used throughout the European Union. In the Netherlands, each credit represents 28 hours of work. The recognition of credits is at the discretion of your Master's.

structure

Master’s courses Compulsory for all students	15 EC	Health Economic Modelling Stakeholder Preference Elicitation and Decision Support eHealth Development: a holistic approach
Specialisation courses Compulsory for the specialisation DH	15 EC	Implementation of Digital Health Interventions eHealth Technology for Remote Patient Monitoring and Decision Support Monitoring and Persuasive Coaching
Master’s assignment	30 EC	You will finish your Master’s in Health Sciences with your master’s assignment.
Total EC	60 EC

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Master's thesis

You will complete your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis. The choice of your graduation subject is largely up to you. You could come up with your own proposal, or you could connect with ongoing research in areas such as persuasive interaction design, remote monitoring, human-centred design and co-creation, eHealth implementation, et cetera. You can complete (part of) your graduation project at an external organisation as well. This is a great way for you to combine your academic skills with hands-on experience!

Your master’s thesis could involve undertaking projects such as:

Researching the added value of Virtual Reality in the treatment of forensic psychiatric patients.
Exploring the feasibility of implementing and using the Pinktrainer app – an app for physical activity of breast cancer patients – during breast cancer treatment.
Testing the usability of a new eHealth Monitoring Technology for older adults with cognitive impairments and their (in)formal caregivers.

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