eHealth Technologies – Online Course – FutureLearn
How can technology make you healthy Learn about the design application implementation and evaluation of eHealth eHealth refers to the use of technologies to improve well-being health and healthcare It is an umbrella term that captures concepts about the health context technology and people In this free online course we will provide you with insight into the domain of eHealth describe methods to develop eHealth and explain theories that enable behaviour change and facilitate implementation You will also understand how eHealth technologies are developed and used in practice by means of a variety of case studies assignments and examples All videos have subtitles available in Portuguese Brazil and Russian This course pays attention to the perspectives of the eHealth developers patients healthcare professionals and healthy people who want to improve or maintain their health and wellbeing These perspectives are applied to the three main topics of this course During Weeks 1 and 2 we will introduce eHealth and show you how eHealth technologies are used to enable or improve self-care and prevention supportive care and societal health Weeks 3 and 4 will focus on design You will learn how to design eHealth that fits the user and the context and is able to seduce or support people into changing their behaviour In Weeks 5 and 6 we focus on the diffusion and evaluation of eHealth technologies within the intended context and among users and other relevant stakeholders After finishing this course you will have new knowledge about eHealth acquired relevant eHealth skills and gained insight into the use of eHealth in practice Explain the term eHealth give examples of possible forms of eHealth and identify possible benefits and barriers Apply and recognize theoretical principles from Human Centred Design behaviour change theory and the Persuasive Systems Design Model when designing an eHealth technology Identify the most important principles and theories from eHealth implementation and recognize implementation methods Describe how the phases and principles of the CeHRes Roadmap are used in the development of eHealth technologies Explain the rationale behind formative and summative evaluation and recognize methods from both forms of evaluation
