Fundamentals of Digital Health - PDM1130

We’ve collaborated with Siemens Healthineers, leaders in medical technology, to create this course. You’ll benefit from Siemens Healthineers’ global expertise in digitising healthcare, combined with the quality and recognition of a Monash qualification.

Whether you’re looking to upskill, retrain or take your career in a new direction, this unit will give you the skills and knowledge to harness new and emerging technology to improve health outcomes.

At a glance

Fees

  • Without assessment:
    $1,900 incl. GST
  • With assessment:
    $2,400 GST-free

Alumni discounted fees

10% discount for undergraduate and postgraduate students, Monash University staff and alumni, Alfred Health staff, and VHA members.

Who should attend

This course is designed for anyone working in the health sector (or looking to make the move) and interested in building skills and knowledge in digital health, including clinicians, nurses and allied health professionals, health executives, administrators and professional staff, technicians and technical staff working in healthcare, researchers.

What you will learn

On completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Differentiate between digital health, health informatics, e-health, data science and bioinformatics.
  • Discuss the significance of health information and informatics in contemporary healthcare delivery.
  • Examine the significance and application of modern digital biomarkers for healthcare in the 21st century.
  • Explain the growing emphasis on patient engagement and empowerment in healthcare and describe the characteristics of an engaged e-Patient.
  • Contrast electronic health records, electronic medical records, patient health records, clinical information and clinical decision support systems and describe the different ways they can be used to improve individual and population health.
  • Evaluate the future of digital health and clinical informatics – from big data and data visualisation to augmented intelligence systems to using digital health technology to advance clinical and healthcare practice.

Program structure

MODULE 1:

Fundamentals of digital health

MODULE 2:

Digital biomarkers

MODULE 3:

Patient empowerment in digital health

MODULE 4:

EMR and digital health

MODULE 5:

Data, data science and artificial intelligence

MODULE 6:

Future directions for digital health

Accelerate your qualification

Eligible participants who complete the micro-credential can receive 6 credit points of unspecified credit towards the Master of Public Health.

Note: Successful completion of a micro-credential does not guarantee admission into an award course. Prospective students must meet the eligibility and admission requirements for the award course. A micro-credential can only be used as credit towards a single degree on one occasion, and is valid for 7 years.

For more details please email pgradenq@monash.edu or shortcourses.depm@monash.edu.

Professor Chris Bain

https://www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/study/professional-education/terms-and-conditions