University of Galway

Course Module Information

Course Modules

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
  1. 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.
  2. The student can interpret the scientific and commercial literature in designing a DHI.
  3. The student can design the architecture of a digital health intervention from the first principles.
  4. The student can sketch the data flow and data journey architecture of a DHI
  5. 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.
  6. The student can describe and apply the ethics procedures to be adopted when carrying out user research.
  7. The student can describe, apply and interpret different behaviour change science approaches for the design of a DHI.
  8. The student can apply best practices in the visual design of a DHI
  9. The student can evaluate the effectiveness of a DHI
  10. 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
Reading List
  1. "Developing Medical App and mHealth interventions" by Alan Davies & Julia Mueller
    ISBN: 978-3-030-474.
    Publisher: Springer
The above information outlines module EE5124: "Bioinstrumentation Design 2" and is valid from 2022 onwards.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.