NOVA University Lisbon - National School of Public Health
Post Graduate Course in Digital Health
Online Portugal
Certificate
DURATION
27 weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, Distance Learning
Key Summary
The future of Digital Health in your hands
The Postgraduate Course in Digital Health is an international course promoted by the National School of Public Health (NSPH NOVA), NOVA IMS, and NOVA Medical School.
Focused on digital transformation
Its mission is to enable professionals in the healthcare sector to accelerate change with the power of digital transformation in their institutions, acquiring the right skills to develop innovation and detect new Digital Health opportunities, for new working methods.
A global approach
With an experienced and diversified team of lecturers from Portuguese and Spanish universities and health institutions, this course provides a comprehensive overview of Digital Health and comprises different subjects like organizational transformation, designing Digital Health projects, adopting technologies, and ethical and legal aspects.
Prepared for changes
Focused on improving of the quality of care and patient healthcare through Digital Health, the student will explore strategies to create and implement, new successful environments. There will be 3 immersive workshops, directly from Lisbon (Portugal) and Barcelona (Spain) that will address the student's individual needs in the fields of Design Thinking, Patient Innovation, and Digital Health Technology.
A hands-on approach
During the course, the students will develop a solution, that will be presented in a Pitch to a panel of key stakeholders in digital health. The winning project will be given the opportunity and support to put their pitch in action.
An investment for the future
The Digital Health postgraduate course is an international course promoted by NOVA Public Health together with ENSP NOVA and NOVA IMS and NMS distinguished by the EIT-Health (European Institute of Innovation and Technology), as a High-Quality Project.
Apply by September 18th, 2024 to become a digital health leader!
Is this the right program for you?
- If you work in healthcare and your job is related to medical, nurse, or pharmacist roles;
- If you are a manager or professional with decision-making responsibilities in your organization;
- If you are an industry professional with a special link to the healthcare sector;
- If you work in a public, private, or NGO organization;
- If you are an entrepreneur or professional with a vision of innovation in healthcare;
- If you are interested in digital health, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and want to innovate in your organization, do things differently, and make an impact inside and outside the organization
Dates and Curriculum
Class period: October 3, 2024, to February 6, 2025
Class attendance: online, on Thursdays and/or Fridays, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Workshops: in hybrid mode, on October 18, 2024, November 16, 2024, December 7, 2024, January 17, 2025, and February 6, 2025
CORE CURRICULUM
| 25 ECTS |
M1 - Digital Health Introduction
M2 - Innovation and Value Based Models
M3 - Innovation and Technology Adoption Models
M4 - Science and Technology - Ethical, Legal and Social Issues
M5 - Practical Design Thinking Workshops*
M6 - eHealth Digital Literacy
M7 - Growing Digital Health Ventures
M8 - Sensors, Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
M9 - Digital Project Planing and Management
M10 - Practical Digital Health Workshops*
M11 - Pitch presentations
*On Workshops (M5 and M10):
WS1 - Design Thinking: Identifying ideas for innovation opportunities in digital health and precision medicine. Participants shall have an immersive experience in the Nova IMS Health and Analytics lab, which is equipped with digital technology to support the process of learning.
WS2 - Patient Innovation: A ‘science café’ type of introduction with students and guest patients and carers in a group exercise to develop a digital health solution for a real patient problem/necessity. The goal is to share experiences and advantages/difficulties associated with the patient's inclusive process.
WS3 - Digital Health Technology: A group co-creation session dealing with a problem by developing a Digital Health instrument.
The course will provide participants with the fundamental knowledge to implement a Digital Health project.
You will leave this program with:
- An understanding of the role of Digital Health.
- Knowing how to apply digital leadership knowledge.
- An understanding of how thought and co-design may have an impact on the transformation of healthcare and organizational processes.
- The knowledge of how to design projects that involve technology and patients.
- The ability to identify the most important regulatory, ethical, and social aspects of digital health.
- Be able to identify digital communication challenges in health and relationships.
Why the National School of Public Health?
Global reference
Over its more than 50 years of existence, NOVA National School of Public Health (NOVA NSPH) has played a leading role in the development of Public Health science.
A place for leaders
Through a consolidated and diversified training offer, in student-centered teaching, in close articulation with research, and with a strong connection to practice, the school has promoted, since its creation, the training of a critical mass of highly differentiated professionals.
Research for the Communities
The school leads and participates in competitive research projects, in a research culture guided by public health current and future challenges, focused on innovation and societal impact.
A world of opportunity
Our people make the success of the institution, and this is constantly reinforced by the dynamism, active involvement, and strengthening of the NOVA NSPH community, the teaching staff, researchers, staff, and partners, and in which our students and alumni assume a prominent role.
Each module is coordinated by recognised experts in their own field. Two modules will be dedicated to immersive workshops, one in Lisbon and another one in Barcelona. Interactive and immersive teaching methods will be intended in every module.
The course is taught in English in a hybrid format (online and in person).