Digital Health and MedTech Development

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:3.00

Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:38

Study Course Information
Course Code:		SBUEK_194		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		4.00		ECTS:		6.00
Branch of Science:		Economics; Other economic and management sub-sectors		Target Audience:		Medicine; Public Health; Medical Technologies; Political Science; Pharmacy; Business Management
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Romāns Putāns
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		10	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		20
Classes (count)		10	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		20
Total Contact Hours								40
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		7	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		14
Classes (count)		7	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		14
Total Contact Hours								28
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Basic knowledge of international business or public health.
Objective:
To provide students with knowledge of digital health and medical technology development, growing topicality and practical trends in public health, its management in international business and startup entrepreneurship dimensions.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Health in the Digital Society			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
2	Social Perceptions on Digital Health			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	computer room
3	Digital solutions and information systems in the health and social care systems			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
4	MedTech Trends – Digital Data-driven Public Health			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
5	Public Health and Personal Data Protection			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
6	Current trends in public health and MedTech development			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
7	Analysis of social and economic change under the influence of MedTech development			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Health in the Digital Society			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
2	Social Perceptions on Digital Health			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	Digital solutions and information systems in the health and social care systems			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	MedTech Trends – Digital Data-driven Public Health			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
5	Public Health and Personal Data Protection			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
6	Current trends in public health and MedTech development			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
7	Analysis of social and economic change under the influence of MedTech development			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Homework assignments, case studies, group presentations and preparation of a report, summary preparation.
Assessment Criteria:
1. Attendance of seminars, tests, group works – compulsory 2. Preparation and presentation of, giving a report on a practical situation (case study) – 30% 3. Preparation of a summary – 30% 4. Exam – 40%
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):		Exam (Written)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Knowledge of the importance and trends of digital health and medical technologies.
Skills:		The student is able to identify the main risks and analyse possible solutions in the context of digital health and medical technologies.
Competencies:		The student is able to participate in discussions and field development in the context of digital health and medical technologies, being aware of their complex nature.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Driving Reform: Digital Health Is Everyone's Business.
2	Digital Health. Available from: https://journals-sagepub-com.db.rsu.lv/home/dhj
Additional Reading
1	Digital health: Council conclusions 2017. Health in the digital society – making progress in data-driven innovation in the field of health. Available from: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/201…
2	Public health panorama: journal of the WHO Regional Office for Europe.