Postgraduate Course: mHealth in high and low resource settings (GLHE11034)
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 | This course examines the emergence of mHealth from a global perspective.It considers the rapid emergence of mobile technologies in low resource settings and how this is helping to bypass eHealth approaches based on fixed line infrastructures, as well as examining the uses of mHealth in high income countries. It also critically evaluates the hype surrounding mHealth in the global business community and the extent to which this is supported by evidence.
Through comparing and contrasting examples of mHealth deployments in a range of global settings the course challenges students to think beyond the technology to the functions it is serving and to consider the relevant sociotechnical issues around service packaging and systems redesign.
Participation of important international mHealth researchers and implementers will help to ground the course in practice.
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| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be responsible for their computer equipment and internet access. |
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 |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
03/08/2015 |
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 |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe and summarise the mobile technology environment and markets in different parts of the world.
- Evaluate the technology 'leapfrogging' phenomenon in low income countries.
Identify and interpret the World Health Organisation's mHealth mapping, research and policy literature.
- Explore and relate issues around gender and social equity that call for new forms of communication.
- Analyse and debate mHealth deployment for HIV and maternal care in Africa and preventive health interventions in high income regions.
- Critique mHealth failures;what went wrong and the lessons learned.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
Delivered via online distance learning |
| Keywords | mHealth, mobile health |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Cunningham-Burley
Tel: (0131 6)51 1943
Email: Sarah.C.Burley@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Gayle Fitzpatrick
Tel: (0131 6)50 9236
Email: Gayle.Fitzpatrick@ed.ac.uk |
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