Telemedicine and e-health
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Medicine |
Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S
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Cycles of Study/Courses
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
The syllabus includes all necessary and sufficient concepts to support the students' knowledge and skills needed to properly understand, apply and integrate these advanced methods in real world medical problems.
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%