Computer science is omnipresent in everyday medicine - in processing medical data, for instance in computer tomography and other applications. Medical informatics is a sub-area of computer science and is concerned with hospital information systems, electronic patient files and protecting data generated in routine medical work.
If you choose to study with us, you can expect extensive, in-depth initial training in IT. As part of this, you'll learn the fundamentals of medicine and computer science-relevant knowledge for medicine and health care. You'll also learn key skills such as teamworking and communicating effectively. You'll learn how to gain an overview of and analyse expert contexts and solve typical problems in medical informatics with appropriate methods. The course is held in conjunction with the Faculty of Medicine Mannheim at Heidelberg University.