Digital Health, Advanced Certificate, Part-time

Program Overview

This online Digital Health Advanced Certificate program equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to apply digital health technologies in healthcare settings. It covers topics such as digital health systems implementation, data analysis, and ethical considerations. The program can be completed in one year or gradually over five years, offering flexibility for working professionals.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This Digital Health Advanced Certificate is aimed at post-diploma and baccalaureate healthcare students who are interested in expanding their knowledge, skills, and competencies toward the application of digital health/health informatics in the healthcare environment. Delivery: online. The Canadian digital healthcare landscape is rapidly evolving. Significant investment in implementing electronic health records (EHRs) and other advancing technologies has created a need to prepare healthcare graduates for new and emerging occupations in the digital health field. This innovative program will prepare students to successfully work in informatics roles, inform practice, shift culture, and create forward momentum on large-scale digital health initiatives in their places of work. Graduates will gain knowledge and skills related to the clinical translation of standards, technology, and information solutions across systems; the use and measurement of clinical data and outcomes; project management and collaborative change leadership. A flexible, learner-centred, blended approach emphasizes participatory, discussion-based learning. Team-learning, and authentic assessments of industry-based projects ensure real-world learning and the acquisition of interprofessional collaboration competencies. An equity-oriented focus and an active commitment to reducing health disparities puts the patient voice at the centre of the program. This program is offered online using the part-time course-by-course registration model designed to offer maximum flexibility. The certificate can be completed in one year or more gradually over five years. Program Aims: The primary purpose of this program is to build digital-care capacity within our clinician community to improve outcomes across healthcare communities and optimize clinical transformation. Program Goals: Students graduating from this program will be able to:

• Assess organizational requirements for digital health systems
• Formulate strategies for selecting and implementing digital health systems
• Facilitate the integration of technologies into clinical practice to enhance efficiency, safety and quality of care
• Recognize the impact of ethical, legal, financial, and regulatory components of the Canadian healthcare system on digital health decision-making
• Analyze, design, and implement digital health systems using knowledge of clinical-care processes, technologies, and workflow
• Anticipate and evaluate the impact of digital health systems on clinical processes, health services delivery, and quality across the continuum of care
• Liaise between clinical-care and technology departments to articulate and address clinical requirements and concerns to ensure safety and quality
• Support better use of health data to help improve outcomes by advocating for data quality and data standards compliance
• Collaborate with clinical, information management information technology (IMIT), analytics, and executive communities to build digital-care capacity and ensure informed analytics and outcomes across healthcare communities
• Demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills to share information with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to arrive at best overall solution
• Practice effective leadership, facilitation, and negotiation skills to achieve consensus, resolve conflict, and achieve desired outcomes
• Advocate for health information systems that reflect the client needs, values, and preferences and empower clients to participate in their care decisions

Outline:

Program Map – One-Year Compressed Format

Courses may be taken over five years.

• DIGH 7000 may be taken as a stand-alone course.

Example of a two-year format: Program Map – Two-Years Flexible Learning (part-time)

Class hours

Each course is delivered three hours per week synchronously and asynchronously.

Program matrix

Check current availability of courses for this program. Required Courses: Credits DIGH 7000 0 DIGH 7100 0 DIGH 7200 0 DIGH 7250 0 DIGH 7300 0 DIGH 7400 0 HLED 7270 0 DIGH 7500 0 Total Credits: 0

Assessment:

The passing grade for each course is 65%.

Teaching:

Experienced educators from BCIT, together with industry experts with experience relevant to subject matter and course content will teach and facilitate courses.