| Title: |
Global Perspectives on Digital Health (GPDH) |
| Keywords: |
Technology
Health systems
Globalization
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| Country: |
Netherlands
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| Institution: |
The Netherlands - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
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| Course coordinator: |
Elaine Rabello
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| Date start: |
2025-06-16 |
| Date end: |
2025-06-27 |
| About duration and dates: |
2 Weeks: 1 week distance-based and 1 week face to face. |
| Classification: |
advanced optional
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| Mode of delivery: |
Blended-learning
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Course location:
Blended (1st week distance-based – 2nd week face-to-face) |
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| ECTS credit points: |
3 ECTS credits
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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 |
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| Language: |
English
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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). |
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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.
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Attendance:
Max 25 studens; max 5 tropEd students |
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Selection:
first come, first serve |
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Fees:
€ 1.780 (2wk)
€ 780 (1wk)
Early bird fee € 1.240 (payment deadline=21.02.2025)
tropEd fee : € 1.480 |
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Scholarships:
None available |
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tropEd accreditation:
Accredited Online GA June 2021 |
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| 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: |
2024-11-12 10:45:11 (W3C-DTF) |
