Digital Health: Use of Technology in Health and Social Care
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-01-01 | - |
| 2025-01-01 | - |
| 2026-01-01 | - |
Program Overview
Module - Digital Health: Use of Technology in Health and Social Care
This module aims to give you an in-depth understanding of how technology can be used to support health and/or social care outcomes.
This module is suitable to be studied as a stand-alone module and is designed for use across a range of disciplines. It is a pre-requisite for the module - Digital Health: Work-based project. When studied together, these modules form Postgraduate Certificate Digital Health; with the option to build this into either PGDip or MSc.
Digital health encompasses, but is not limited to, Telehealth, Telecare, Telemedicine, Telecoaching, Telerehab, technology enabled care services (TECS).
Examples of technology include video-links for remote consultations, monitoring systems, Apps, software to support rehabilitation, environmental technology.
Students applying to study this module should have a basic level of digital fluency and access to on-line computer facilities and be interested in developing technology within the health and social care arena.
Entry Requirements
- Evidence of prior successful study at underpinning level.
Fees and Funding
- 20 Credit Health Module Pricing
- Tuition Fees Policy: Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
Key Details
Tuition fees
- 20 Credit Health Module Pricing
Minimum entry requirements
- Evidence of prior successful study at underpinning level.
Course details
- Credits: 20
- Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
- Course Location: Online
- Institute: Institute of Health
- Delivery Style: Online
- Course Duration: Part-time, 12 weeks, Single Module
- Course Start Point: January
- Award: Module
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