Ryan O’Keeffe

Throughout my undergraduate degree and clinical experience, the rapidly expanding role of new and emerging technologies along with the generation and analysis of big data and the role it has to play in healthcare was extremely evident. Despite this I found very few clinical or academic personnel, who were aware of these emerging technologies and fewer who were willing to or able to write them into clinical practice.

I had started to consider doing programmes in maths or computer sciences however none focused on their application to healthcare. That’s when I found the MScTAPM in RCSI. The emphasis on precision medicine, the ideas and methods behind it and learning to apply this to clinical practice as well as learning about the most relevant new and emerging technologies was everything I hoped to learn. I then attended the virtual open day where I got to meet the staff delivering the programme and their passion for the programme and everything it promised to teach was undeniable.

I continued to work clinically full-time while undertaking this MSc, which was one of my main concerns with applying. While challenging, all of the staff are more than accommodating of my work needs and with so many of the lectures being either online or recorded they can be done at a time that suits me best. I cannot fault the quality of teaching done throughout this programme or the countless services provided to ensure the students greatest chance of success. Each of the lecturers truly know their field inside and out which makes learning the material almost leisurely.

To anyone interested in precision medicine or with an aptitude to handle big data, I would highly recommend this programme.

MSc in Technologies and Analytics in Precision Medicine, Class of 2023