Digital Futures in Health and Social Care (SCQF level 9) CPD Award

Course code L45D

What is special about this course?

This CPD Digital Futures in Health and Social Care (SCQF level 9) course is aimed at anyone who wants to learn about the changing nature of health alongside the use of digital technology. 

The module content will help you to understand how and why we are moving towards digital technologies in healthcare, and equip you with the ability to critically analyse the use of these technologies within health and social care.

Digital futures looks specifically at issues such as big data, surveillance, privacy, ethics, interoperability and information governance. Using a multi-discipline approach of sociological, psychological and political theory, you will gain the ability to understand and apply your learning to case studies and technology thoughout the module.

This module is particularly useful to anyone in employment in areas such as health and social care, wishing to learn about their digital work environments.

Special features

  • Fully online and offers real flexibility in terms of learning and content
  • Deals with the very current theme of digital health 
  • Explores issues that you are currently experiencing within your work space
  • Our VLE allows you to study this module from anywhere in the world with support from the lecturers
  • Looks at current technologies as well as those that may be used in the future

Entry requirements

  • An SCQF level 8 qualification or equivalent eg a DipHE or HND
  • Applicants with other relevant qualifications or experience will be considered on an individual basis

Apply for Digital Futures in Health and Social Care (SCQF level 9) CPD Award

I want to start in Jan/Feb 2026

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