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Digital Health for Consumers (POPH90294)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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 a range of digital technologies for health-related purposes –using connected mobile, wearable and social tech tools for taking care of their own health, sharing personal health data with others, accessing health services, and getting involved in health research. Consumer health technologies may improve participation by patients and the public, making health systems more effective and efficient. Conversely, consumer health technologies may create conditions for inequity, misinformation and unethical uses of personal health data.
Learners will develop knowledge about wise use of consumer health technologies through four modules: dimensions of consumer digital health literacy; the global consumer health technology marketplace; lived experiences of active users of connected mobile and social health technologies; and scenarios where consumers are partners in designing and using digitally enabled learning health systems.
Learners will be able to form critical views and understand how to take personal actions in connection with trends such as health self-quantification, direct-to-consumer online health services, patients as digital health co-designers, health infodemics, health citizen science and health hacktivism. Learning and teaching methods include live web-based tutorials, recorded webinars and lectures, online readings and case studies, and asynchronous discussions. Assessments are based on real-world challenges that health organisations face in using digital technologies for consumer-centred care and community engagement.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the subject, students should be able to:
- Analyse the roles and responsibilities of patients and the public, clinicians and service administrators in a range of digital health environments
- Evaluate the potential and actual experiences available to consumers in a range of digital health environments
- Apply research evidence about effectiveness of various approaches, to plan the development or improvement of a consumer participation in a digital health environment
Generic skills
- Self-directed learning within a shared group timetable
- Information-sharing in online discussion forums and virtual classroom settings
- Information-gathering, evidence synthesis, and presentation of a project report
Last updated: 29 November 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: 29 November 2023
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Two written reports of individual work on assigned practical activities. Students will be able to choose from four topics. Each report will be 1000 words (20% each)
| During the teaching period | 40% |
Individual Oral Presentation
| Week 12 | 20% |
Major Project Report
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 29 November 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Kathleen Gray Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 2 hours per week of active participation in scheduled online tutorials Students unable to participate in a tutorial may submit their contribution in advance and review proceedings afterward. Independent self-paced work of 10 hours per week over 14 weeks - to orient to the subject, study learning resources, contribute to asynchronous class interactions, and research and compose assignments (140 hours). Total time commitment 164 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
- Completion rate. Students who started their course from 2022 and are in a CSP or receiving a HELP Loan (eg FEE-HELP) must meet the completion rate to continue to receive Commonwealth Support for that course.
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement, and as a fail toward the completion rate, unless there are approved ‘special circumstances’.
Last updated: 29 November 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: 29 November 2023