Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Digital Health Enablers and Technologies
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Bryan MacDonald
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925
Course Coordinator Email: bryan.macdonald@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
Program Learning Outcomes
This course is an option course so it is not required to contribute to the development of program learning outcomes (PLOs) though it may assist your achievement of several PLOs.
For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide.
On successful completion of this course you should be able to:
- Apply the societal, economic, and technological megatrends that drive the continuous evolution of digital health.
- Identify digital health innovations and applications both within Australia and globally, as well as relevant digital advancements in other industries.
- Identify and apply emerging opportunities and challenges in the utilisation of various digital health technologies in healthcare.
- Apply technical skills in using digital health tools and technologies to support healthcare delivery.
- Develop strategies for incorporating digital health into current and future healthcare practices to enhance 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.
This course uses highly structured learning activities to guide your learning process and prepare you for your assessments. The activities are a combination of individual, peer-supported and facilitator-guided activities, and where possible project-led, with opportunities for feedback throughout.
Authentic and industry-relevant learning is critical to this course and you will be encouraged to critically evaluate what is happening in your industry and reflect on your experience to provide further insights.
Social learning is another important component and you are expected to participate in class and group activities, share drafts of work and resources and give and receive peer feedback. You will be expected to work efficiently and effectively with others to achieve outcomes greater than those that you might have achieved alone.
The learning activities will enable you to understand the course learning resources and apply that learning to improve your own practice, for example by producing real-world artefacts and engaging in scenarios and case studies.
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: Quiz
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, & 2
Assessment Task 2: Data Report
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLO 4
Assessment Task 3: Group Report with individual presentation
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
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.