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Digital Transformation of Health (ISYS90069)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
A/Professor Brian Chapman
July
A/Professor Brian Chapman
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online July - Online |
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Healthcare is information intensive. Health data are generated, shared, consumed, and stored in a variety of partially overlapping complex networks. Healthcare lags behind many other sectors, despite efforts to use digital technologies to shape and improve health data and information processes since the middle of the 20th Century. The need for digital transformation of health is driven by socio-economic concerns (making healthcare more accessible and affordable) and patient safety (reducing medical errors, and redundant and ineffective interventions).
This subject introduces the background, current state, and future opportunities of digital health. It provides a basic understanding of health and disease and how individuals experience both. It explores the nature of biomedical data, information, and knowledge - and how digital technologies are shaping the way these are used. Digital health technologies are examined from ethical, historical, technological, and psycho-social perspectives, considering positive and negative impacts.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject the student is expected to:
- Explain complex aspects of the structure of healthcare, including the roles of patients, various professionals, insurance companies and governments
- Describe implications of the generation and use of biomedical data, information, and knowledge within a variety of relevant systems and settings
- Demonstrate understanding of how core digital health technologies work, through practical activities with simulations of tools such as electronic health records, clinical decision support systems, patient portals, and mobile apps and wearable sensors
- Critically analyse how various digital technologies can optimise information use within healthcare and summarise the potential risks associated with these solutions
- Apply ethical frameworks and conceptual models to critique contemporary digital health practices and trends
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:
- Clear thinking
- Improved reading
- Enhanced ability to work in a team of people, and
- Presentation skills
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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HLTH90006 | Basics of Digital Health for Clinicians | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
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
July
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Three written reports of individual work on assigned practical activities. 300-400 words per report, 1000 words in total. 40-45 hours of work required. Due in weeks 2, 3 and 4 (10% each, 30% in total). Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO's) 1 to 3 are addressed in this assessment.
| From Week 2 to Week 4 | 30% |
One major project report. Work may be done by an Individual, or a team of up to four people is optional. Class presentation of 10 minutes for individual project PLUS written project report of 1500 words for an individual. Additional 5 minutes of presentation PLUS 1000 words each for second and subsequent team members. Presentation due in week 6. Written report due in week 8. Presentation 10%; written report 30% (40% in total). ILO's 4 and 5 are addressed in this assessment.
| From Week 6 to Week 8 | 40% |
Twelve short learning challenges embedded in lectures and tutorials, such as quizzes, discussion forum topics, small group tasks. Equivalent to 100 words per activity; 1200 words in total. Two assessable activity are offered each week from week 1 to week 6. 5% each; the student's 6 best results from these 12 activities will count for this assessment (30% in total). ILO's 1 to 5 will be addressed in this assessment.
| Throughout the teaching period | 30% |
Semester 1
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Three written reports of individual work on assigned practical activities. 300-400 words per report, 1000 words in total. 40-45 hours of work required. Due in weeks 3, 6 and 9 (10% each,30% in total). Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO's) 1 to 3 are addressed in this assessment.
| From Week 3 to Week 9 | 30% |
One major project report. Work may be done by an Individual, or a team of up to four people is optional. Class presentation of 10 minutes for individual project PLUS written project report of 1500 words for an individual. Additional 5 minutes of presentation PLUS 1000 words each for second and subsequent team members. Presentation due in week 12. Written report due in week 14. Presentation 10%; written report 30% (40% in total). ILO's 4 and 5 are addressed in this assessment.
| From Week 12 to Week 14 | 40% |
Twelve short learning challenges embedded in lectures and tutorials, such as quizzes, discussion forum topics, small group tasks. Equivalent to 100 words per activity; 1200 words in total. One assessable activity is offered each week from week 1 to week 12. 5% each; the student's 6 best results from these 12 activities will count for this assessment (30% in total). ILO's 1 to 5 will be addressed in this assessment.
| Throughout the teaching period | 30% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Brian Chapman Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours, 3 hours per week Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 Semester 1 contact information
A/Professor Brian Chapman
- July - Online
Coordinator Brian Chapman Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours, 3 hours per week Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 5 July 2021 to 13 August 2021 Last self-enrol date 13 July 2021 Census date 16 July 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 July 2021 Assessment period ends 13 August 2021 July contact information
A/Professor Brian Chapman
Time commitment details
200 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Readings will be provided online.
- Subject notes
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
This subject is offered in semester 1 each year, as a 3 hour class one evening each week over a 12 week period, including lectures, tutorials and small group activities. Opportunities are provided for online interaction during class using students’ personal internet-connected devices.
Classroom teaching is complemented by a subject website in the University Learning Management System. Students unable to attend class on campus can participate each week, by going online to access lecture slides and recordings, undertake practical activities, and complete assessable work.
This subject is also offered for intensive fully online study over a 6-week period in Winter Term (June-July) each year, including lectures, tutorials and small group activities. Student learning is supported by a subject website in the University Learning Management System.INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
This subject has no prescribed textbook. Students have access to electronic full-text of recommended readings, including current journal articles, e-books, government documents and industry reports. Examples:
Australasian Institute of Digital Health. https://digitalhealth.org.au/
Australian Digital Health Agency. What is Digital Health? https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/get-started-with-digital-health/what-is-digital-health
Collen, M. F. (1994). The origins of informatics. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 1(2), 91-107. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC116189/pdf/0010091.pdf
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. https://www.himss.org/
Regenstrief Institute. EHR Clinical learning platform. https://www.regenstrief.org/implementation/clinical-learning/
Wachter, R. M. (2015). The digital doctor: hope, hype, and harm at the dawn of medicine's computer age. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.
World Health Organization. Digital health and innovation. https://www.who.int/health-topics/digital-health
CAREERS/INDUSTRY LINKS
This subject provides fundamental knowledge and practical skills to work in digital health. This subject is offered jointly by the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and makes local and international links with accomplished researchers and with experts from public and private sector organisations.
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This subject contributes to the following:
- 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.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required.
- 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