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Basics of Digital Health for Clinicians (HLTH90006)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
For information about the University’s phased return to campus and in-person activity in Winter and Semester 2, please refer to the on-campus subjects page.
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Health and Biomedical Informatics Centre, MDHS
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Semester 2
Health and Biomedical Informatics Centre, MDHS
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online Semester 2 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Information and communication technology is an important factor in quality, safety, access and efficiency in healthcare. This subject provides an overview of digital health and the influence of ICTs in clinical care, as well as in clinical research, population health and healthcare system planning.
Digital health current approaches and future directions are explored from the perspectives of health and biomedical sciences, information science and technology, management sciences, and behavioural and social sciences- that is, within major health informatics competency frameworks such as the Certified Health Informatician Australasia (www.healthinformaticscertification.com) and the American Medical Informatics Association (http://www.cahiim.org/hi/curriculumrequirements.html ).
In addition to providing a clinically-oriented introductory subject in the University’s Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics and Digital Health, it is also suitable for single subject enrolment by practising clinicians or postgraduate students in any clinical health profession.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject the student is expected to:
- Critically analyse approaches to digital health and their impacts on healthcare in Australia and internationally.
- Apply established health informatics concepts and methods to review applications of health information technology in their clinical field.
- Demonstrate understanding of socio-technical problems and solutions associated with health information systems in their clinical field.
- Assess individual and organisational development needs to build capability in their clinical field, with reference to recognised informatics competency frameworks.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:
- Self-directed learning within a shared group timetable
- Online information-sharing, reporting and discussion
- Staged planning and presentation of a literature review
- Contributing to the creation of an interprofessional learning environment
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ISYS90069 | eHealth & Biomedical Informatics Systems |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (Online)
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12.5 |
Recommended background knowledge
This subject assumes background knowledge in a clinical health profession regulated by a National Board as shown at https://www.ahpra.gov.au/ .
Students may have completed an entry-to-practice degree or equivalent in a clinical health profession. Alternatively, students may be enrolled concurrently in a postgraduate degree in a clinical health profession.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Pre-and post-test: Open-book assessment of entry and exit knowledge of clinical informatics and digital health. Approximately 250 words for the pre-test and 250 words for the post-test due in Week 1 and Week 12
| From Week 1 to Week 12 | N/A |
Weekly reports: (10 x 250 words). Each week for 10 weeks, students submit a written report based on a choice of learning activities (200 words); plus a written response to at least one other student's report (50 words) due each week from Week 2 to Week 11 (5% per week for 10 weeks)
| From Week 2 to Week 11 | 50% |
Literature review: A slide presentation (500 words); plus a written response to at least one other student's presentation (500 words); plus a written report (1000 words)
| Week 12 | 50% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Kathleen Gray Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Approximately 3 hours on line interaction with learning materials per week. Work can be done asynchronously Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Health and Biomedical Informatics Centre, MDHS
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Kathleen Gray Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Approximately 3 hours on line interaction with learning materials per week. Work can be done asynchronously Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Health and Biomedical Informatics Centre, MDHS
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
None. Readings are provided online.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics and Digital Health - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022