Short Course

Digital Skills for Digital Health

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This module will address our comprehension of how health and wellbeing is adapting from analogue to digital.

Course overview

We will look at how best to understand and evaluate this new way of improving health through innovation (software and hardware) and apply this optimally to various cohorts of society in both acute and chronic situations. By understanding population health and individual needs the student will be able to embrace the technologies most appropriate for that person. They will be able to demonstrate advanced abilities in complex communication via different mediums of digitalisation, providing care and wellbeing in digital ecospheres in an advanced person focused manner.

What you need to know

Course start date

May

Location

University of Winchester and online

Course length

18 hours of contact time over 4 days

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Typical offer

Care Professionals

Fees

£900

Course features

Gain 15 academic credits that can contribute towards a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Professional Practice
Develop essential digital skills for use in the workplace
Elevate your knowledge of the use of information technology to improve efficiency in healthcare
No prior digital knowledge is assumed

Course details

Lectures will cover the following topics: digital capabilities framework and self-assessment of digital competency; immersive technology; systems design and cyber security; understanding the issues around usability and digital inclusion; virtual consultation; clinical skills for the delivery of virtual consultations; human-computer interaction; technology-enhanced care; smart homes; and artificial intelligence.
To gain the credits students will be required to work in a group to develop a digital solution for a service-user problem and produce a written reflection on the development of that solution.

Entry requirements