Study Guide
Study Guide
#savoniaUAS
Curricula starting in 2022 and earlier
Savonia's new Study Guide (curriculum starting in 2023 and after) can be found here.
| Basis of Education | Competence Standards | Structure of Studies | Development of Expertise | Methods and implementation | Course Table |
Course Description
| Code | 4 TYGPH20 |
| Name | Digital Health |
| Credits | 5 ects |
| Objectives | Student - understands the concept of secured and qualified digital health, she/he knows principles of software engineering foundations related to digital health, is able to utilise the digital tools and has skills required to use of IoT in global public health (data gathering, analysis, anticipation, reaction) - understands the role and increasing importance of digital public health globally and is able to identify advances that healthcare depend increasingly on intensive interventions, technological developments and expensive pharmaceuticals. - is able to identify the digital health technologies liaison of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (e.g. access to health services, user acceptance, ownership, and a culture of data use for decision-making) - realise an (illustrative or practice) development project - understands Digital Health IoT ecosystems and IoT data transfer from sensors to the cloud and related data-analysis. |
| Content | - Concept of Digital Health in Theory and Practice (including IoT) - Sustainability of Digital Technologies in International Context - Benefits and challenges related to Digital Technologies - Digital Health, (Research and development process, versatile and multidisciplinary methods, oral/written presentations, scientific reports) |
| Requirements | Independent studies, seminars, workshops on methodology |
| Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
| Course material | Moodle learning environment contains materials |
| Prerequisites | |
| Other Considerations | Lectures, learning tasks, discussions/presentations |
| Contact | Toppinen Arto |
We reserve the right to make changes to the curriculum due to the need to update the content being studied.