Title:	Global Perspectives on Digital Health (GPDH)
Keywords:	Technology Health systems Globalization
Country:	Netherlands
Institution:	The Netherlands - KIT Institute, Amsterdam
Course coordinator:	Elaine Rabello
Date start:	2026-06-15
Date end:	2026-06-26
About duration and dates:	2 Weeks: 1 week distance-based and 1 week face to face.
Classification:	advanced optional
Mode of delivery:	Blended-learning
Course location: Blended (1st week distance-based – 2nd week face-to-face)
ECTS credit points:	3 ECTS credits
SIT: Week 1 - Pre-course preparation: 6h - Plenary sessions (keynotes): 13.5h - Parallel tutorials: 7h - Labs and guided work: 8.5h - Networking: 1h - Open book exam: 2h - Self-study: 4h Total week 1 (including pre-course preparation): 41h Week 2 - Pre-course preparation: 6h - Plenary sessions (keynotes): 3.5h - Parallel tutorials: 3h - Labs and guided work: 21h - Networking: 1 .5 - Work on final assignment: 6h - Finalisation of the written proposal: 2h Total week 2 (including pre-course preparation): 43h Total: 84h
Language:	English
Description: Week 1: At the end of the first week, participants will be able to: - Explain principles and concepts of digital health, including the effect of digital health on health behavior and on health systems - Discuss digital health interventions as means to address health challenges in different settings. - Discuss opportunities and limitations that digital health interventions bring while aiming to provide Universal Health Coverage in high, low and middle-income countries. - Recognize and address ethics and data governance issues related to digital health. Week 2: At the end of the second week, participants will be able to: - Develop strategic problem-solving strategies using digital health to address challenges in the health sector. - Combine technical, analytical and networking skills for developing and embedding digital health interventions in a systemic approach. - Develop and evaluate potential digital tools and strategies in different settings (acknowledging their characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, and performance while implemented).
Assessment Procedures: Week one: Open-book exam with a combination of multiple choice and essay-type questions. The mark from the open book exam weighs 50% of the final mark for the course. - Week two: - Group assignment focusing on the development of a Digital Health Intervention (project). The examination is divided into 2 parts. First, the group delivers a presentation at the end of the second week (25% of the mark for week 2). The presentation is followed by a written outline of their digital health intervention project (75% of the mark for week 2). The mark from week 2 weighs 50% of the final mark of the course. To successfully complete the course, participants need to get a passing mark (5.5/10) for both the examinations of week one and week two. Participants who fail one of the examinations during week two of the course are not required to re-sit as long as their mark for that week is equal or higher to 5.5/10. Examinations week one: Participants who do not obtain the passing mark (5.5/10) on the open book exam will be allowed one opportunity to re-sit the exam. This opportunity will take place within two weeks after the results of the exam are published. Examinations week two: Participants who do not obtain the passing mark (5.5/10) for week two will be allowed one opportunity to re-sit the part(s) of the examination that they failed. This opportunity will take place within two weeks after the results of the exam are published.
Content: ● Defining digital health, principles and classification ● Opportunities and limitations for digital health in LMICs ● Surveying demand and feasibility of digital health solutions ● Guidance on implementation of digital health interventions ● Bioethics, data governance and risk of inequality of Digital Health Interventions ● Introduction to mobile technology, artificial intelligence, machine learning and block chain (security and data transfer) applied to Digital Health Interventions ● Examples of digital health solutions for education, research, health management, service delivery, public health emergencies, marketing and dissemination, public engagement and vulnerable groups
Methods: Week 1 Keynotes focusing on key concepts of the course; Parallel tutorials are practical sessions aimed at introducing specific fields of DH or techniques; Labs and guided work are moments where students have the opportunity to apply what they have learned trying to solve a practical problem. Week 2 Keynotes; Parallel tutorials; Labs and guided work during the second week there is a strong focus on application of the knowledge and skills acquired during week 1. Participants work in groups developing a digital health intervention aimed at addressing a real-life problem (preferably problems that participants face in their home countries). A presentation is given at the end of the second week with the outline of the project proposal. A written proposal is submitted for examination in the Friday afternoon, after considering feedbacks received on the presentation.
Prerequisites: ● Academic training at least to the level of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in medicine, public health or another field related to health care, such as health sciences, environmental sciences, economics, biostatistics, social sciences or nursing ● Two years of relevant work experience, including work experience in low and middle-income settings. ● Proficiency in spoken and written English ● Computer literacy demonstrated by the ability to correctly and independently upload electronic documents in the online application system ● Motivation for the programme, demonstrated by a motivation letter stating the why the applicant wants to follow this specific course.
Attendance: Max 25 studens; max 5 tropEd students
Selection: first come, first serve
Fees: € 1.290 € 1 161 (tropEd students) Early bird fee € 1.240 (payment deadline=21.02.2025) tropEd fee : € 1.480
Scholarships: None available
tropEd accreditation: Accredited Online GA June 2021
Email Address:	l.gerstel@kit.nl
Date Of Record Creation:	2021-08-19 06:41:56 (W3C-DTF)
Date Of Record Release:	2021-08-19 11:47:33 (W3C-DTF)
Date Record Checked:	2021-08-19 (W3C-DTF)
Date Last Modified:	2025-10-24 09:36:51 (W3C-DTF)