| Unit name | Digital Innovation in Healthcare |
|---|---|
| Unit code | EFIMM0088 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Bernardi |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School of Management - Business School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Why is this unit important?
Traditional modes of healthcare delivery cannot cope with an increasing elderly population, the need to integrate healthcare with social care within communities and to prevent rather than treat chronic conditions like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Advancements in digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, smart home technologies, and self-monitoring devices represent a huge opportunity to enable health and social care services to meet the health challenges of our modern world and society. This unit will equip health and social care managers and practitioners with the knowledge and understanding of latest digital healthcare technologies together with the opportunities and challenges of adopting and implementing these technologies at scale to improve health service delivery and patient care.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
The unit fits the MSc Healthcare Management Programme’s goal of equipping graduates and professionals interested in pursuing a career in management with an in-depth understanding of how to successfully manage health and social care organisations. This unit complements other core Programme units on leadership, patient safety, and quality improvement by providing students with a deep knowledge and understanding of how latest digital heath technologies can be used for effective and efficient leadership, management, and improvement of health and social care services.
An overview of content
The unit explores the diffusion and adoption of latest digital technologies in the health sector. The unit aims to develop an in-depth understanding of the social, organisational, and managerial implications of the adoption of these technologies with a focus on their potential benefits but also challenges in the transformation of the health service and patient care. In this unit, healthcare practitioners and managers will learn how to harness latest digital technologies to lead digital innovation in a healthcare setting.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
At the end of this unit, you will have a critical understanding of digital health innovation opportunities, enablers, and barriers based on recent cases of digital technologies implementations. You will appreciate the importance of digital technologies for patient-centred care and patient empowerment. You will learn how Artificial Intelligence can be adopted in healthcare and what this means for the delivery of health services. You will acquire an in-depth understanding of the ethical issues around the adoption of digital technologies for both patients and health workers.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
The unit will be taught through a mixture of self-guided study materials, real time and recorded lectures, activities, and case-based discussions. Students will be required to do some reading before each session. The use of the Blackboard online learning environment will be actively pursued to develop students’ understanding and engagement with the unit content.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
One student-led group work (including one group work journal submission on Blackboard): You will have one virtual meeting to plan your group presentation for the summative assessment. You will submit a group work journal submission on Blackboard stating your group presentation plan and allocation of task among group members.
One individual reflective blog (350 words): You will submit a blog in which you summarise their reflections about your assessed group presentation performance and how you can improve for their assessed individual video presentation.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
One assessed (synchronous) group presentation (20 min.) (30%): You will present a digital solution to address a healthcare problem of your choice. The presentation will provide a reasoned case that justifies the adoption of the proposed digital solution and highlight how to overcome potential challenges to innovation.
One individual video presentation (10 min.) (70%): You will submit an individual video presentation of a digital solution that addresses a healthcare problem (different from the group presentation). You will be assessed on your ability to justify a potential digital solution to an actual healthcare problem. You will have to demonstrate an understanding of the opportunities but also challenges of the proposed solution.
When assessment does not go to plan
In the event of failing the unit due to not passing the group presentation (30%), students who are eligible to resubmit will submit a 1,500-word report proposing a digital solution to a healthcare project (different from their previous group and individual assessment) and explaining how what has been learned in the unit can be put to use to drive digital innovation in healthcare.
In the event of failing the unit due to not passing the individual video presentation (70%), students who are eligible to resubmit will submit one individual 10-min. video presentation of a digital solution that addresses a healthcare problem different from their previous group and individual assessment.
In the event of failing the unit due to not passing both assessment components, eligible students will submit both the 1,500 word report (30%) and the 10-min. video presentation (70%).
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. EFIMM0088).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The assessment methods listed in this unit specification are designed to enable students to demonstrate the named learning outcomes (LOs). Where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, schools will make reasonable adjustments to support a student to demonstrate the LO by an alternative method or with additional resources.
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
