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.
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You will also understand how eHealth technologies are developed and used in practice, by means of a variety of case studies, assignments and examples.
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.
Syllabus
Week 1: What is eHealth?
Week 2: How can we combine technology and healthcare?
Week 3: How can we create appealing designs?
Week 4: How can we change behaviour with technology?
Week 5: How can we help people and organizations use eHealth?
Week 6: Why and how does eHealth work?
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
- 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
Who is the course for?
This course is suitable for everyone who wants or needs to know more about eHealth and all of its possibilities. No specific knowledge or education background is assumed, since all concepts that are discussed will be briefly explained. For learners who desire more depth, further reading is available.
