Handbook home
Designing Digital Health Solutions (ISYS90077)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
Please refer to the return to campus page for more information on these delivery modes and students who can enrol in each mode based on their location.
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Greg Wadley
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery |
---|---|
Fees | Look up fees |
AIMS
This subject provides an overview of design, implementation and evaluation considerations for developers of major digital health solutions and applications, including electronic health records (EHR), telehealth, clinical decision support systems (CDSS), consumer health self-management, and innovative tools for biomedical research.
Students are presented with a selection of digital health design challenges faced by real-world health IT developers. Students work in small teams to plan and propose their response to their selected challenge.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Key stages and major considerations in developing digital health solutions are covered as follows:
- Requirements gathering
- Interaction design
- Prototyping
- User experience evaluation
- Regulatory environment
- Ethical issues
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject the student is expected to:
- Prepare a detailed technical review of current digital health solutions
- Recognise opportunities for innovation in the development of digital health solutions
- Design a digital health solution based on critical assessment of methods and standards
- Apply validated instruments to evaluate user experience in proposed digital health solutions
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:
- Understanding of global standards relating to digital health
- Understanding of diverse stakeholders in healthcare settings
- Creative thinking and problem‐solving
- Teamwork skills
- Written, visual and oral presentation skills
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ISYS90069 | Digital Transformation of Health |
Semester 1 (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
One individual report on a technical review of a specific category of current digital health solutions (25%) of approximately 1500 words due in week 6, requiring 30-40 hours of work. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO's) 1 and 2 are addressed in this assignment. The report on a technical review is a hurdle and must be passed to pass the subject.
| Week 6 | 25% |
One team project report on a digital health solution design project, including creating an interactive prototype (1 team = 3-5 students), each team produces a 15 minute slide or video presentation and a collaborative written report of approximately 2000-3000 words, requiring 80-90 hours of work (10% for presentation; 40% for written report; 50% in total). Due in week 10. ILO's 2 and 3 are addressed in this assignment. The project report is a hurdle and must be passed to pass the subject.
| Week 10 | 50% |
One individual written evaluation of another team's digital health solution, as assigned by the lecturer (25%), of approximately 1500 words due in week 14, requiring approximately 30-40 hours of work. ILO's 2, 3 and 4 are addressed in the evaluation. The evaluation is a hurdle and must be passed to pass the subject.
| Week 14 | 25% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Greg Wadley Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours 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
Greg Wadley
Time commitment details
200 hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
This subject is offered as a single 3-hour class, one evening each week over a 12 week period in semester 1 each year. Students are expected to work in class, on projects provided by external clients, engaging in studio-based learning, to design, prototype and evaluate health technologies. Learning materials, subject documentation, communication and assessment are handled using a subject website in the University Learning Management System.
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
This subject has no textbook, however several texts are recommended and are available in the University library. Students have access to electronic full-text of recommended readings, including current journal articles, government documents and industry reports. Examples:
Blandford, A., Gibbs, J., Newhouse, N., Perski, O., Singh, A., & Murray, E. (2018). Seven lessons for interdisciplinary research on interactive digital health interventions. Digital Health, 4.
Craig, P., Dieppe, P., Macintyre, S., Michie, S., Nazareth, I., & Petticrew, M. (2008). Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance. BMJ, 337, a1655.
Furniss, D., Randell, R., O’Kane, A. A., Taneva, S., Mentis, H., & Blandford, A. (2014). Fieldwork for healthcare: guidance for investigating human factors in computing systems. Synthesis Lectures on Assistive, Rehabilitative, and Health-Preserving Technologies, 3(2), 1-146.
Stoyanov, S. R., Hides, L., Kavanagh, D. J., Zelenko, O., Tjondronegoro, D., & Mani, M. (2015). Mobile app rating scale: a new tool for assessing the quality of health mobile apps. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 3(1).
Klasnja, P., Consolvo, S., & Pratt, W. (2011). How to evaluate technologies for health behavior change in HCI research. Proceedings of CHI 2011.
CAREERS/INDUSTRY LINKS
This subject provides advanced 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.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Doctor of Philosophy - Engineering Course Ph.D.- Engineering Course Master of Philosophy - Engineering - 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: 31 January 2024