Course Title: Digital Health Enablers and Technologies

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Digital Health Enablers and Technologies

Credit Points: 12.00

Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

MEDS2198

City Campus

Postgraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Internet

 JulDec2021 (All)

MEDS2198

City Campus

Postgraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Internet

 JulDec2023 (All)

Course Coordinator: Kerryn Butler-Henderson

Course Coordinator Phone: Please contact via e-mail

Course Coordinator Email: kerryn.butler-henderson@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

The futures of health and healthcare are digital. Changes in societal attitudes to health, wellbeing and engagement with health services are converging with exponential increases in health-related data and the sophistication and ubiquity of technologies that can be used to improve both health outcomes and patient and consumer experiences. In Digital Health Enablers and Technologies you will examine the health, societal and technological megatrends that are propelling digital health and analyse the nature and implications of digital disruption and transformation in the health sector. You will appraise barriers to, risks for and enablers of better health as societies and economies increasingly function digitally. Topics will include appraising developments internationally and, in both health, and other industries, critiquing the opportunities and challenges associated with the application of emerging digital technologies to health, and assessing their potential impacts of digital technologies on health business and service delivery models and patient, consumer and citizen experiences.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for GC191 Graduate Certificate in Digital Health:

  • PLO 1 - Critically analyse societal, cultural, economic and technological factors that enable or inhibit patient, consumer and citizen engagement in safe, effective and efficient digital health service delivery and business models.
  • PLO 3 - Analyse contextual considerations, including regulation, policies and standards, socio-economic, socio-technical and cultural sensitivities, funding, workforce and other capabilities, to the provision of digital health services.


On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the societal, economic and technological megatrends enabling the ongoing evolution of digital health.
  2. Analyse digital health innovation and applications in Australia and internationally, and relevant digital innovations in other industries.
  3. Evaluate emerging opportunities and issues in the use of various digital health business models and technologies in healthcare, including social, ethical, legal issues, privacy and security and workflow issues.
  4. Recommend approaches for integrating digital health into current and future healthcare practice to improve healthcare consumer outcomes.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: System Map and Rationale
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 & 2

Assessment Task 2: Report
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLO 3

Assessment Task 3: Digital Health Report
Weighting 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4 

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.