Telemedicine and e-health

Code:

OPT73

Acronym:

TeS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S (of 09-09-2019 to 09-02-2020)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	16	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	4	-	1,5	14	40,5

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

This unit aims to empower students with the necessary knowledge and skills: to evaluate the benefits and limitations of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to remotely support healthcare delivery; to efficiently use tools for remote access to information and learning; to identify the main technologies used in the remote communication between health information systems; to structure, design and evaluate telemedicine and e-health systems.

Learning outcomes and competences

-

Working method

Presencial

Program

ICT infrastructures – clinical data warehouses, distributed systems, communication standards, real-time solutions, store & foreward solutions and security systems.

Structuring medical data – data acquisition, the small-window effect, different applications of telemedicine and e-health.

Organizational issues in the use of telemedicine – planning, implementation, setup, maintenance, legal issues and technology assessment, legal cover to telemedicine.

New trends – patient empowerment through e-health, the influence of Web 2.0 in medicine.

Mandatory literature

Hoyt, R. E., Bailey, N., & Yoshihashi, A. (Eds.) ; Practical Guide For Healthcare And Information Technology Professionals (5thEdition)., Lulu, 2012. ISBN: 1105437558, 2012
Tan, J. ; E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005
Cimino, J. J. & Shortliffe, E. H. (Eds) ; Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (3rd edition) , New York: Springer-Verlag,, 2013

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures (6T) and theoretical-practical lessons (8TP), with topic discussion, individual and group exercises, and hands-on training on medical scenarios, with proper software. Evaluation will be based on a final exam.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	26,50
Frequência das aulas	14,00
Total:	40,50

Eligibility for exams

The students must be present in 75% of the classes

Calculation formula of final grade

Final project - 100%