This module provides an overview of the various issues and problems associated with digital healthcare through the exploration of contemporary issues in a systematic manner. Students will be introduced to the concept of team-based learning by working on case studies to investigate the issues/problems at hand. Students will work in multi-disciplinary teams to conduct primary or tertiary literature searches and brainstorm on various strategies to tackle the problems.

Students are guided to explore the following issues/problems with regards to a contemporary topic in every session:

• Digital media channels applied in healthcare
  
• Roles and responsibilities of healthcare professionals, patients, technical specialists and stakeholders in digital healthcare
  
• Ethics and law (including privacy and security issues)
  
• Roles of digital media in public health and health promotion
  
• Designing for the patient: user-centered, experience-centered and activity-centered designs
  
• Economics and patient-centered outcomes
  
• Research updates in digital healthcare
  

 
Each contemporary topic will focus on a specific healthcare specialization:

• Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
  
• Sports, rehabilitation and surgery
  
• Neurological diseases
  
• Pharmaceuticals and medications management
  
• Diseases of the sensory organs

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