Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Digital Health from Imperial College London

Digital Education in Healthcare – Training on the role of digital health technologies, including the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of digital health interventions at a global level.

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Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Mobile apps
  • Wearable technologies
  • Medical information systems
  • Aries Health
  • Aries Medicine
  • Machine learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Big Data
  • Design thinking
  • Regulatory approaches
  • Ethical considerations
  • Technology adoption
  • Implementation and strategy
  • Experimental design approaches
  • Economic evaluation of digital health interventions

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Digital Health Project Manager
  • Medical Information Systems Analyst
  • Wearable Technologies Expert
  • Healthcare mobile app developer
  • Aries Health Advisor
  • Machine learning expert in healthcare
  • Big data analyst in healthcare
  • Digital Health Regulatory Manager
  • User Experience Designer for Digital Health Apps
  • Manager of Technology Adoption Strategies in Medical Institutions
  • Economic evaluator of digital health interventions
  • Developer of evaluation programs for health systems

Internship – Series of 3 courses

This specialization introduces students to the emerging and multidisciplinary field of digital health and the role of digital health technologies, including:

  • Mobile apps
  • Wearable technologies
  • Medical information systems
  • Aries Health
  • Aries Medicine
  • Machine learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Big Data

These digital health technologies are being established in terms of the opportunities and challenges they pose in addressing real problems in public health and the healthcare system, with the aim of improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of these services.

The goal of this specialization is to prepare learners for the new era of digitalization in public health and healthcare systems worldwide.

Design and implementation of digital health interventions

Touches on topics such as:

  • Design thinking
  • Regulatory approaches
  • Ethical considerations
  • Technology adoption
  • Implementation and strategy

The assessment component of this course focuses on data considerations in digital health, data management, and evaluation of digital health interventions, with an emphasis on:

  • Experimental design approaches
  • Economic evaluation of digital health interventions

Exchanged Learning Project

Learners will be able to apply and assess their knowledge through interactive quizzes and peer-reviewed projects, to:

  • Review innovative digital health interventions to prevent social isolation due to COVID-19
  • Develop an evaluation plan for a hospital interested in trying to implement a digital sepsis monitoring alert system

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction to Digital Health

Course 1
31 hours
4.5 (193 ratings)

What you’ll learn

This course introduces the field of digital health and the key concepts and definitions in the field. Important topics include:

  • Learning health systems
  • Electronic health records
  • Mobile apps
  • Wearable technologies
  • Health information systems
  • Aries-Health and Aries-Medicine
  • Machine learning and artificial intelligence
  • Big data

The course deals with the opportunities and challenges in the use of these technologies, with an emphasis on their impact on public health.

Design and implementation of digital health interventions

Course 2
30 hours
4.5 (61 ratings)

What you’ll learn

This course addresses design, regulatory approaches, ethics, and strategy in digital health. Topics include:

  • Data regulations
  • Challenges and opportunities in technology adoption
  • PESTLE and SWOT analysis strategies

Evaluating digital health interventions

Course 3
32 hours
4.8 (24 ratings)

What you’ll learn

This course focuses on data, evaluation methods, and economic evaluation of digital health interventions. Topics include:

  • Data Management
  • Data visualization
  • Experimental and quasi-experimental design methods
  • Considerations in economic evaluation