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Consumer Participatory Health Technology (POPH90294)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Growing numbers of consumers are actively using various social Internet technologies for health-related purposes – to facilitate taking care of their own health, accessing health services and getting involved in health research, for example. These consumers are influencing new approaches to health professional practice and health service design. Taken together these are signs of a paradigm shift to a more participatory model of digital health, a model whose benefits and risks are not yet entirely clear.
Topics include health online social networks and social media, shareable person-generated health data from mobile apps and wearable sensors, virtual clinical services and patient avatars, crowd sourcing public health and health innovation, and other aspects of participatory health informatics. The focus is on understanding the tools, the rules and the evidence available to inform good practice. Learning and teaching methods include online interactions, on-campus lectures and guest speakers, case studies and tutorial discussions, and a project with a partner health organisation.
Intended learning outcomes
- Analyse the roles and responsibilities of patients, clinicians and service administrators in a range of participatory health environments
- Evaluate the potential and actual experiences available to consumers in a range of participatory health environments
- Apply research evidence about effectiveness of various approaches, to plan the development or improvement of a participatory health environment
Generic skills
- Self-directed learning within a shared group timetable
- Information-sharing and discussion in online and classroom settings
- Information-gathering, evidence synthesis, and presentation of a project report
Last updated: 15 March 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Participants should have general skills and personal experience of using at least some forms of digital social media. Examples include blogs and microblogs; business and personal networking and collaboration sites; discussion forums and product and service reviewing sites; file, photo and video sharing services; social games and virtual worlds. This subject does not provide basic instruction. For background knowledge and common examples, refer to: the Australian Government’s Stay Smart Online website; and the Australian Psychological Society’s ‘Digital Me: 2017 Survey Report’. Personal activity for health-related purposes is not essential, nor is current engagement with any specific platform.
Participants should have general skills and personal experience of using at least some forms of digital social media. Examples include blogs and microblogs; business and personal networking and collaboration sites; discussion forums and product and service reviewing sites; file, photo and video sharing services; social games and virtual worlds. This subject does not provide basic instruction. For background knowledge and common examples, refer to: the Australian Government’s Stay Smart Online website; and the Australian Psychological Society’s ‘Digital Me: 2017 Survey Report’. Personal activity for health-related purposes is not essential, nor is current engagement with any specific platform.
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: 15 March 2023
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A 1000 word Critical appraisal of a scientific study pertinent to one of three tutorial questions. The lecturer assigns the question that each student works on, and this determines the timing of assessment. Due online (Week 4, 7 or 10), as assigned by the lecturer
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Two x 500 words each (1000 words total) informed comments on others' critical appraisals (as assigned by the lecturer). Due online (in Week 5 and/or Week 8 and/or Week 11), as assigned by the lecturer.
| During the teaching period | 20% |
A 10-minute oral presentation based on the findings of your project, reviewing an assigned health organisation's current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, in relation to a participatory health paradigm. Due in class (Week 12).
| During the teaching period | 10% |
A 2000 word written project report on the findings of your project, reviewing an assigned health organisation's current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, in relation to a participatory health paradigm. Due online in Week 14.
| During the assessment period | 40% |
One 500 word final reflection on learning about one of the three tutorial questions. The student chooses which question to work on. Due online in Week 14.
| End of the assessment period | 10% |
Last updated: 15 March 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Kathleen Gray Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 32 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Last updated: 15 March 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- 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: 15 March 2023