Course syllabus for Applied digital health

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Course syllabus adopted 2023-02-27 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameTillämpad digital hälsa
  • CodeEEN210
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerMPMED
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • Main field of studyBiomedical engineering
  • DepartmentELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 41117
  • Maximum participants80
  • Block schedule
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0123 Project 5 c
Grading: TH		 5 c
0223 Oral examination 2.5 c
Grading: UG		 2.5 c

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

The courses EEN070 - Introduction to biomedical engineering, TDA357 - Databases, or equivalent knowledge, are recommended. Basic knowledge in programming.

Aim

The overall aim of the course is to provide healthcare providers and healthcare related industry with people having skills and prerequisites to design and implement Digital Health solutions, inside as well as outside the hospital environment. A specific purpose is to train the ability to design an effective system based on international standards for healthcare data exchange for a specific health issue, that meets the requirements of patients, caregivers and authorities.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  1. Describe the state-of-the-art, possibilities and challenges of Digital Health systems, and its impact on the society as a whole.
  2. Apply the concept of data fusion for increased effectiveness of Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems (CCDSS)
  3. Describe the importance of ethical considerations, legislation and patient integrity when designing and implementing Digital Health solutions.
  4. Implement some existing international standards applicable to Digital Health in a CCDSS solution, and explain the needs for standardization and interfacing between various systems.
  5. Design a CCDSS for a relevant health issue and identify the procedures and challenges of implementing such a system in a healthcare environment. The CCDSS should be demonstrated and described in a technical report.

Content

The course contains of a lecture series with invited expert speakers from industry, academia and other healthcare related stakeholders, and a project work, which together cover the following topics:
  • State-of-the-art technologies for digital health, examples of commercially available devices and a future outlook on emerging technologies
  • Interoperability and standards for exchanging, analyzing and interpretating healthcare data, an overview of widespread and recommended technologies
  • Design of CCDSS tools
  • Healthcare organization, legislation, clinical, patient and ethical perspectives
  • Data fusion - how data of different types from different sensors can be combined to design more effective services

Organisation

The responsible department is the Department of Electrical Engineering. The teaching is given in the form of lectures as well as lessons / demonstrations / laboratory work / seminars in small groups. A project work is carried out to design a CCDSS. More detailed information will be given on the course website before the start of the course.

Literature

Lecture notes, hand-outs/distributed material and recommended articles, reports and other sources.

Examination including compulsory elements

Examination of the lecture series is done through an oral exam. The project work is assessed based on the demonstration of the CCDSS and the written technical report. To pass the course passing the oral exam and approved group project are required.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course rounds:
    • 2023-12-05: Block Block C added by Examinator
      [Course round 1]