Unit name | Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Health and Care |
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Unit code | EENGM0018 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. O'Kane |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
The aim of this unit is to introduce the major physical and mental health challenges that are faced by local and global populations. The unit will explain the role of current and foreseen future technologies in tackling those challenges in community settings by means of prevention, real-time monitoring, diagnosis, self-management and decision support.
Content will depend on the guest lectures for that particular year, sourced from the CDT’s project partners. Each lecture will be one hour long with 15 minutes for discussion and questions at the end. For example:
Having completed this unit, the student is expected to:
This unit will be taught through a series of guest lectures from thought leaders in the NHS, industry partners and charities.
Summative Assessment
Written essay comparing and contrasting two guest lectures with regards to their different perspectives on goals, priorities, opportunities, and challenges in digital health and care (individual, 4 pages in landscape 2 columned ACM Work in Progress format). (ILO 3&4) (55%)
Written essay detailing an exciting near future opportunity for digital health and/or care, and the potential challenges around it (individual, 6 pages in portrait 2 columned ACM Small Format). (ILO 1-3) (45%)
Formative Assessment
Presentation of the near future opportunity (individual, 10 minutes) (ILO 1-3)
Selected literature, references and online material will be provided at the start of the unit