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EE5124: Bioinstrumentation Design 2
Semester 2 | Credits: 5
The module introduces the student to the design of digital health interventions. In lectures, the student is provided with the knowledge and expertise to design all aspects of a digital health intervention. In assignments, the student is required to apply that knowledge to design and evaluate their own digital health intervention from first principles.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- The student can describe what a digital health intervention (DHI) is, what the different applications of a DHI are and why DHIs are used in healthcare.
- The student can interpret the scientific and commercial literature in designing a DHI.
- The student can design the architecture of a digital health intervention from the first principles.
- The student can sketch the data flow and data journey architecture of a DHI
- The student can describe and apply different user research techniques in the design of a DHI and be able to assess which techniques best suit a particular DHI application and interpret the resulting data from these evaluations.
- The student can describe and apply the ethics procedures to be adopted when carrying out user research.
- The student can describe, apply and interpret different behaviour change science approaches for the design of a DHI.
- The student can apply best practices in the visual design of a DHI
- The student can evaluate the effectiveness of a DHI
- The student can design, apply different techniques for the evaluation of the usability of a DHI and interpret the resulting data.
Assessments
- Written Assessment (50%)
- Continuous Assessment (50%)
Teachers
- MARY GERALDINE COSTELLO:
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- GEARÓID Ó LAIGHIN:
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Reading List
- "Developing Medical App and mHealth interventions" by Alan Davies & Julia Mueller
ISBN: 978-3-030-474.
Publisher: Springer
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.