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2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

YCHI3070 Mobile Health

10 creditsClass Size: 6

Module manager: Mohannad Alajlani
Email: m.alajlani@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

A minimum of two years of a medical degree, preferably three.

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Traditional models of health care delivery often require patients to travel to GP surgeries or large hospitals equipped with large and expensive technology.As technology gets smaller, better integrated and cheaper new mobile, decentralised models of health care delivery are emerging where care is delivered locally and centred on the patient. This module examines mobile health care technology and explores the opportunities for rethinking models of care delivery.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Understand the opportunities and constraints of mobile technology for supporting clinicians, carers and patients.
- Examine the challenges and benefits of introducing mobile technology.
- Critically appraise the costs and benefits to patient care of introducing new ways of working based on mobile technologies.
- Develop a proposal for exploiting mobile technologies within a health care environment.

Learning outcomes
Appreciate the significance of emerging technology for transforming health care and demonstrate practical skills in developing innovative technology solutions.

Identify opportunities for health care innovation.

Skills outcomes
Evaluation of technology opportunities based on qualitative and quantitative assessment of risks and benefits. Developing innovation skills.


Syllabus

Setting the scene - the changing face of acute, chronic and community based health care; changes in disease health care organisation; health care policies and the role of mobile technologies in delivering patient-centred care; Current and emerging technologies to support clinicians, carers and patients; Demonstrations of mobile devices and technology platforms;

Information management; Technical infrastructure for mobile working and assistive technologies; framework for understanding device and network capabilities; standards - interoperability and information exchange; Integrating decision support; Redesigning patient pathways with mobile medicine for patients and carers.

Understanding the costs, benefits and constraints for patients, carers and organisations - the social and psychological consequences; improving patient safety; health and social care boundaries; current research and critical appraisal of the evidence.

Making the case for mobilising medicine; Innovation, proof of concept, pilot and implementation, evaluation; A vision of the future - integrated, technology-enabled care, shaping new policies, transforming health care.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lecture81.008.00
Practical32.006.00
Seminar82.0016.00
Private study hours70.00
Total Contact hours30.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)100.00

Private study

- 30 hours directed exercises and reading
- 40 hours self study and assessment.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Seminar discussion and short exercises.
- E-mail and tutorials will be used to provide feedback and support to students.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Practical Report.60.00
Oral Presentation.40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 05/09/2017

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