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MedTech: Digital Health and Wearable Technology (FutureLearn)

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MedTech: Digital Health and Wearable Technology (FutureLearn)

Discover digital health and learn how wearable technology is transforming healthcare with this online MedTech course. Explore the opportunities and challenges of using digital devices in healthcare. Digital devices are revolutionising healthcare as we know it. On this course, you will explore the impact of these new technologies on healthcare professionals and their patients. Learn how digital devices in healthcare are designed and regulated, and explore if clinical supervision in MedTech is always important.

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You will also study the types of wearable devices and sensors patients use and why. As you look to the future of this technology, you will consider the impact of the miniaturisation of implantable devices, and the challenges around devices’ use of big data on healthcare systems.

Syllabus

Week 1: What is digital medicine?
Week 2: Technology and data in digital medicine

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

  • Describe digital transformations to healthcare
  • Discuss patient and healthcare professionals’ needs and priorities
  • Reflect on the ethical, regulatory and accessibility challenges of digital medicine 
  • Articulate the commercial opportunities of digital medicine and contributions to healthcare
  • Debate the impact digital medicine has on patients, professionals and healthcare systems
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