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  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Approx. 12 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
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  • The MOOC, "eHealth: More than just an electronic record!", is multidisciplinary in nature, and aims to equip the global audience of health clinicians, students, managers, administrators, and researchers to reflect on the overall impact of eHealth on the integration of care. It explores the breadth of technology application, current and emerging trends, and showcases both local and international eHealth practice and research.
  • The entire eHealth Course consists of 5 modules and takes about 5 weeks to complete. Completion certificates are issued on the basis of participation in all 5 modules. Completing the health practice assignment in Module 5 entitles you to advanced standing in some of the eHealth courses run by the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney.
  • What you'll learn
  • - The fundamentals of eHealth and where it is heading
  • - What kind of health data we are currently collecting and how it will transform healthcare in the future
  • - How new technologies are helping health consumers participate in their own healthcare
  • - How eHealth can improve the coordination and efficiency of healthcare and what the barriers might be
  • Length: Self-paced 5 week course
  • Study time commitment: 3 hours per week
  • Assessable components: Assignment 1 in Module 2 (40%) and Assignment 2 in Module 5 (60%).
  • Guest presenters (listed in alphabetical order):
  • * Jordan Andersen
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Dr Teresa Andersen
  • Sydney Local Health District
  • * Dr Robert Birnbaum
  • Harvard Medical School / Partners Healthcare
  • * Melissa Brunner
  • The University of Newcastle & The University of Sydney
  • * Professor Jane Burns
  • Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre & The University of Sydney
  • * Professor Rafael A. Calvo
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Dr Andrew Campbell
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Dr Jelle Demeestere
  • John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle NSW
  • * Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Karen Finnin
  • Physios Online
  • * Professor Afaf Girgis
  • UNSW Medicine
  • * Anna Janssen
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Professor Judy Kay
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Dr Melanie Keep
  • The University of Sydney
  • * A/Professor Jinman Kim
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Dr John Lambert
  • eHealth NSW
  • * Dr Melanie Keep
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Dr Karen Luxford
  • Clinical Excellence Committee NSW
  • * Michael Marthick
  • Chris O?Brien Lifehouse & The University of Sydney
  • * A/ Professor Mark McEntee
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Professor Kathryn Refshauge
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Dr Ursula Sansom-Daly
  • Sydney Children's Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital & UNSW Medicine
  • * Dr Arran Schlosberg
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Professor Stephen Simpson
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Professor Leanne Togher
  • The University of Sydney
  • * Josh Zadro
  • The University of Sydney
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Curriculum

Module 1 - What is eHealth?

What is eHealth?

What does eHealth mean to you?

A model for eHealth

Challenges

The future

On completion of this module you will be able to:

Module 1 Instructions

Activity 4: eHealth in action videos

Module 1 - References and further resources

Activity 1 - Learn about current and futuristic examples of eHealth technologies in practice

Activity 2 - Learn about the eHealth model via examples from clinical practice

Module 2 - Health in our Hands

Health in our hands

Health not healthcare

Wearables: Colllecting your own data

Clinical use of personal health data

Mobile apps for health

Social media for health

Health information online

Co-design of eHealth solutions

Evaluating health apps

?On completion of this module you will be able to:

Module 2 instructions

Module 2 - References and further resources

Activity 5 - Learn about current trends in internet and communications technology (ICT)

Module 3 - Data and the "Quantified Self"

Data and the quantified self

Data and digital health records

Anatomy of a digital health record

Case study: electronic records supporting remote care

Predictive and precision medicine

Big data from our biology & environment

Owning your own data

Patient reported data in practice

Privacy and security - should we be worried?

Using data to improve our performance

On completion of this module you will be able to:

Module 3 instructions

Module 3 - Resources and further references

Activity 8 - Learn about current trends in electronic data in healthcare

Module 4 - Interacting with Health Professionals using New Technologies

Interacting in new ways

Improving care: Ten eHealth advantages

Face-to-face vs. online

Telehealth and new models of healthcare

When healthcare & social media intersect

Using apps to personalise healthcare

eHealth enabled professional development

How do we enable interdisciplinary eHealth?

On completion of this module you will be able to:

Module 4 instructions

Module 4 - Resources and further references

Activity 10 - Learn about how health professionals are using technology to interact

Activity 11 - How are doctors using ICT in their clinical practice now (2015)?

Module 5 - eHealth in Professional Practice

Course review

Using the 'MyPhysio' app

Case study: Electronic records supporting remote care

Case study: Physios Online

Case study: The 'My Home Dialysis' program

Case study: 'Synergy' online hub for mental health & wellbeing

Case Study: Supporting wellness after cancer treatment

On completion of this module you will have:

Module 5 instructions

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    May 25, 2024
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    Pritikar Das
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    Learning Experience: Very good introduction and definition to eHealth, especially given the breadth of information around this topic. I would recommend this course to anyone, not just those involved with healthcare.
    Faculty: The main instructor is Tim Shaw who is knowledgeable and fun loving do he explain everything in such a good way. I take that course from coursera the which is offered by University of Sydney. There are five modules which take not more than five weeks and there are assignments after completing of each module.
    Course Support: Not yet but I am sure that it will help me to support my career.
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    D N V S S P Lakshmi Gayathri
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    Learning Experience: About what we can do electronically without asking the patient to come for consultation and educating and involving the patient in different apps and making them self updated about their health
    Faculty: Faculty explains the concept very practically way with examples It us extremely advanced system in india i think it is just developing geadually
    Course Support: No career support provided
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