Postgraduate Course: Telemedicine and Telehealth (GLHE11005)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Describes and analyses the role of information and communications technologies in enabling remote patient care, health professional collaboration at a distance, and in supporting patient-self management. This is considered with reference to technological, clinical, sociological and policy perspectives. Non-communicable diseases and global health challenges are core themes |
| Course description |
1) Introduction to Telemedicine and Telehealth
2) Practical Examples/Case Studies
3) Telehealth in the Home
4) Smart housing and communities
5) Telemedicine for health professionals
6) Telehealth in the Developing World
7) Human and sociotechnical factors
8) Ethical and legal challenges
9) Evaluation of telemedicine systems
10) Future Trends in Telemedicine
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 2 (Sem 1) |
| Course Start Date |
26/10/2015 |
| Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Collated forum postings: 30%
Essay: 70%
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Be aware of the main applications of telemedicine and telehealth and how these have evolved over time
- Appreciate the key policy drivers for telehealth in the 21st century, such as the żactive and healthy agingż agenda for Europe, and the challenges of supporting distributed populations in lower income settings
- Be able to describe and explain a range of use cases, such as remote monitoring of non-communicable diseases, home based and mobile self-management tools, hospital-at-home and remote diagnostics.
- Understand the often complex legal, regulatory, accountability and reimbursement issues surrounding telehealth and recognise the value of understanding users and contexts for effective telehealth design, and how to achieve this
- Be able to identify and address a range of sociotechnical factors that influence the success or failure of implementation projects and understand and be able to apply principles and methods of evaluation to telehealth projects
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Reading List
Books:
Selection of open access books in telemedicine and telehealth available via INTECH Open http://www.intechopen.com/subjects/telemedicine
Systematic reviews:
McLean, Pagliari et al (2013) The Impact of Telehealthcare on the Quality and Safety of Care: A Systematic Overview. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8): e71238. 10.1371/journal.pone.0071238
Reeder, Demeris et al (2013) Framing the evidence for health smart homes and home-based consumer health technologies as a public health intervention for independent aging: A systematic review. IJMI 82, 565-579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.03.007
Academic reviews:
Wootton & Bonnardot (2010) In what circumstances is telemedicine appropriate in the developing world? JRSM Short Rep. 2010 October; 1(5): 37. 10.1258/shorts.2010.010045
Greenhalgh T, Procter R, Wherton J, et al. The organising vision for telehealth and telecare: discourse analysis. BMJopen 2012;2. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001574
Health Services Research:
Steventon et al. (2012) Effect of telehealth on use of secondary care and mortality: findings from the Whole System Demonstrator cluster randomised trial. BMJ 344. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381047/
McKinstry, Pagliari et al (2013) Telemonitoring based service redesign for the management of uncontrolled hypertension: multicentre randomised controlled trial BMJ 346. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663293/
Fairbrother P, Ure J, Hanley J, et al. Telemonitoring for chronic heart failure: the views of patients and healthcare professionals - a qualitative study. Journal of clinical nursing Published Online First: 4 March 2013. doi:10.1111/jocn.12137
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to understand critical inquiry and critical analysis.
An appreciation of evidence based practice and the need to embed theory into practice
Skills to undertake independent, conceptual and creative thinking and reflection
Ability to identify problems, and obstacles, to interpret knowledge and evidence and to apply a scientific methodological approach in responding to issues
The valuing of sensitive, supportive and respectful communication and discussion
An ability to use IT programmes for national and international exchange of knowledge, ideas and learning, and for receiving and establishing records and reporting and participating in team communication
A diverse set of transferable and generic skills
Ability to work across different disciplines and communicate ideas and concepts across disciplinary barriers
An interest in and an appreciation of the value of reflective practice that improves engagement with materials and enables the student to understand how their role and presence shapes health interactions
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| Study Abroad |
no study abroad arrangements |
| Keywords | Telehealth, telehealthcare, telemedicine, remote care |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Cunningham-Burley
Tel: (0131 6)51 1943
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Course secretary | Ms Gayle Fitzpatrick
Tel: (0131 6)50 9236
Email: |
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