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DVMD Focus on February 25, 2021: Lecture on the part-time Master’s program in Medical Data Science at RWTH Aachen University

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the development of new courses of study as part of the Medical Informatics Initiative to thus enabling the digital transformation of the healthcare sector to take place and to be staffed with qualified personnel.

In this context, the Medical Faculty of RWTH Aachen University, in cooperation with the RWTH International Academy, has been offering the Master’s program in Medical Data Science in a blended learning format at the SMITH location in Aachen since the winter semester 2020/21.

In the first session of its new event series “DVMD Focus”, the Professional Association for Documentation and Information Management in Medicine (DVMD) will thematize the development of new courses of study to attract specialists for the digital transformation in healthcare. On February 25, 2021, a number of concepts will be presented under the title “Innovative Concepts for Online-Based Teaching”, including the Medical Data Science degree program at RWTH Aachen University:

Date: February 25, 2021 | 05:00 pm

Title: Part-time Master in Medical Data Science – a SMITH Consortium degree program in blended learning format

Speakers:

  • Dr. Ulrike Schemmann – Head of the Department of Education in Medical Informatics,
    • Teaching Coordinator SMITH | Institute of Medical Informatics | University Hospital RWTH Aachen
  • Prof. Dr. Rainer Röhrig – Director of the Institute for Medical Informatics | University Hospital RWTH Aachen
  • Prof. Dr. Cord Spreckelsen – Professor of Medical Informatics | Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Science and Data Sciences (IMSID) | University Hospital Jena
  • More information about the lecture can be found here.

    Further information events on the Medical Data Science program at RWTH Aachen University:

    In regular online info events, Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Röhrig (scientific director) and Dr. Ulrike Schemmann (teaching coordinator) present the structure and contents of the part-time master’s program “Medical Data Science”. All dates and access data can be found on the website of the study program.