Outline

Overview

Digital technologies are changing the health landscape from consumers having access to Dr Google to clinicians using virtual reality as part of treatment. This unit of study explores the impact of digital technologies on our health and wellbeing and includes consideration of how these devices and software interact with the healthcare system, affect attitudes towards health and healthcare providers, and change the discussions about health ethics, and health equity. Students will engage in practical, hands-on learning experience and complete authentic assessments such as designing innovations, creating an ePortfolio, and applying for a job.

Details

Academic unit	Department of Medical Sciences
Unit code	HSBH2009
Unit name	Innovations in eHealth
Session, year ?	Semester 2, 2022
Attendance mode	Normal day
Location	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Credit points	6

Enrolment rules

Prohibitions ?	HSBH1010
Prerequisites ?	48 credit points
Corequisites ?	None
Assumed knowledge ?	HSBH1012, HSBH1013
Available to study abroad and exchange students	No

Teaching staff and contact details

Coordinator	Krestina Amon, krestina.amon@sydney.edu.au
Tutor(s)	Emma Van Der Schyff , emma.vanderschyff@sydney.edu.au

Type	Description	Weight	Due	Length
Assignment	Telehealth Reflection Task Telehealth Reflection Task	15%	Week 05 Due date: 04 Sep 2022 at 23:59	1000 words
Outcomes assessed:
Assignment	Design Project Design Project	30%	Week 09	1500 words & 2 minute presentation
Outcomes assessed:
Assignment	Skills assessment Students choose an area they would like further develop	20%	Week 11 Due date: 23 Oct 2022 at 23:59	10 hours & 400 words
Outcomes assessed:
Assignment	Job application Job application	35%	Week 13 Due date: 06 Nov 2022 at 23:59	1500 words
Outcomes assessed:
= group assignment ?

Assessments for this unit are different to those listed in the Handbook and have been updated to reflect changes in unit delivery due to the current COVID-19 situation.

Telehealth Reflection Task (15%): This task requires students to engage with research on an aspect of telehealth and reflect experiences of an in-class remote-delivered health scenario to answer the following question: Based on your experiences and research, is telehealth a viable alternative to face-to-face practice?

Design Project (30%): In small groups, students are required to make recommendations about the effectiveness of two potential solutions (one using technology and one without technology) to a specific health problem of their choosing. Students will work together to gather evidence and feedback on the solutions and make a recommendation based on their review and assessment.

Skills Assessment (20%): This assignment is designed for students to identify an area that they would like to further develop, and complete activities to help them develop these skills or knowledge. They will choose one of the following tasks to complete the assignment, and write a reflection on their experience:

Create a professional Twitter profile to use for the semester, OR
Lab work (10 hours) at the USyd CreateSpace, OR
Student work placement (10 hours) at the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA)

Job Application (35%): Students are required to respond to a job advertisement (options provided on Canvas) by writing a cover letter and addressing the selection criteria based on activities they participated in throughout Semester. Students may submit an appendix of a maximum of three pages, or a one minute multimedia portfolio to supplement the response to the selection criteria.

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.

Assessment criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1).

As a general guide, a high distinction indicates work of an exceptional standard, a distinction a very high standard, a credit a good standard, and a pass an acceptable standard.

Result name	Mark range	Description
High distinction	85 - 100
Distinction	75 - 84
Credit	65 - 74
Pass	50 - 64
Fail	0 - 49	When you don’t meet the learning outcomes of the unit to a satisfactory standard.

For more information see sydney.edu.au/students/guide-to-grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

This unit has an exception to the standard University policy or supplementary information has been provided by the unit coordinator. This information is displayed below:

Unless an application for special consideration or special arrangement has been approved, students must submit all assessment for a unit of study on the due date specified in the unit of study outline. If the assessment is completed or submitted within an approved period of extension by way of an approved special consideration application, academic plan adjustment or informal simple extension (approved in writing), no academic penalty will be applied to that piece of assessment. If an assessment is submitted after the due date (or extended due date as described above), the late submission of assessment will result in an academic penalty as follows: Written work submitted electronically after 11.59 pm on the due date will be considered to have been submitted late. For every calendar day up to and including ten calendar days after the due date, a penalty of 5% of the maximum awardable marks will be applied to late work. For work submitted more than ten calendar days after the due date a mark of zero will be awarded. All assessments must be submitted in order to be eligible to pass the unit otherwise an AF (Absent Fail) grade will be awarded.

Special consideration

If you experience short-term circumstances beyond your control, such as illness, injury or misadventure or if you have essential commitments which impact your preparation or performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

You may only use artificial intelligence and writing assistance tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator, and if you do use them, you must also acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section.

Studiosity is permitted for postgraduate units unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission.

Weekly schedule

WK	Topic	Learning activity
Week 01	Technology and society	Lecture (2 hr)
Week 02	Online health information	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 03	Remote healthcare	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 04	Online communication	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 05	Innovations & design and creating multimedia	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 06	How is technology used to improve health: electronic health data as a case study	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 07	How is technology used to improve health: social media as a case study	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 08	How is technology used to improve health: games for health	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 09	How is technology used to improve health: virtual reality as a case study	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 10	Job applications	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 11	How is technology used to improve health: mHealth as a case study	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 12	The dark side of technology: cybersecurity and cybercrime	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 13	Unit overview	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)

Attendance and class requirements

Attendance and class requirements: This unit will be delivered as a blended unit with online recorded lectures and a mix of face-to-face tutorials and online tutorials. All lectures will be available for download on Canvas. Tutorials will be face-to-face in Weeks 2-5 and online for the remaining Weeks 6-13. Online tutorials will be a mix of a live Zoom workshop and pariticpation in online discussion boards.

As stated in the Faculty Resolutions, students must attend at least 90% of all timetabled classes (ie. face-to-face and online tutorials). Failure to meet this minimum requirement may result in a Fail grade for the unit. To avoid penalties, please notify the unit coordinator immediately if you are unable to attend a scheduled face-to-face tutorial or apply for special consideration with supporting evidence for not participating in an online tutorial (ie. attending Zoom tutorials and posting on discussion boards).

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University’s graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. critically apply their understanding of eHealth research, literature and learning activities to real-life health scenarios
LO2. engage in informed discussions about the ethical, legal, socio-cultural and political factors of eHealth in Australia and internationally
LO3. reflect on their learning experiences to develop insights into their learning processes and eHealth knowledge and skills
LO4. use technology to communicate professionally in a range of health contexts, to a diverse audience group
LO5. exercise team work skills to collaborate with peers to formulate and develop solutions that would address various real world health problems
LO6. create evidence-based health resources using multimedia.

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1	Depth of disciplinary expertise Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.
GQ2	Critical thinking and problem solving Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.
GQ3	Oral and written communication Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.
GQ4	Information and digital literacy Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.
GQ5	Inventiveness Generating novel ideas and solutions.
GQ6	Cultural competence Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.
GQ7	Interdisciplinary effectiveness Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.
GQ8	Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.
GQ9	Influence Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes	Graduate qualities
Learning outcomes

Closing the loop

Minor adjustments were made to the assessment weightings.

Additional information

Student Administration Manual on the Faculty of Health Sciences

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Assessment criteria

Late submission

Special consideration

Academic integrity

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Closing the loop

Additional information

Disclaimer

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HSBH2009: Innovations in eHealth

Overview

Details

Enrolment rules

Teaching staff and contact details

Assessment

Assessment criteria

Late submission

Special consideration

Academic integrity

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Closing the loop

Additional information

Disclaimer

On this page

Useful links

Media

Student links

About us

Connect