Course Description
Micro-credential - Digital health - Understanding the Application of Technology in Modern Healthcare
This micro-credential will be relevant to any multi-professional staff working in healthcare design and delivery across all grades and all services. This cohort includes nurses, midwives, paramedics and other allied healthcare professionals.
This micro-credential allows healthcare professionals to understand the application of digital health technology. One example is the adoption of the electronic patient records. The content is varied; therefore, you will learn to develop a critical understanding of digital health that will allow to prepare and apply the knowledge to a real-world problem.
The course addresses all five domains, as set out in All-Ireland Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework, 2021.
These are:
- Digital Professionalism
- Leadership and Advocacy
- Data and Information Quality
- Information-enabled Care
- Technology
On successful completion of this micro-credential, learners will be able to:
- Have a systematic understanding of relevant national and international policies connected to digital health.
- Critically discuss the data lifecycle and its application to real-world examples, such as electronic patient records (EPR).
- Analyse and critically appraise the application of digital health to person-centred, safe, and connected care.
- Demonstrate the appropriate application of digital health for a healthcare setting.
| College | Trinity College Dublin |
| Course Location | Dublin |
| Location Postcode | Dublin 2 |
| Course Category | Medicine & Healthcare |
| Course Type | Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online |
| Awarding Body | Trinity College Dublin |
| Awarding Body Details | 10 ECTS |
| Course Start Date | 11th September 2023 |
| Course Duration | 12 weeks |
| Course Time | • A total of 250 hours is allocated to this micro-credential. • Delivered using a blended learning approach – which includes online directed and self-directed learning and two days in person. |
| Course Fee | €1200 |
| Entry Requirements | Application deadline: 14th August 2023 • Hold a level 8 degree in Healthcare-related programme. • Or satisfy the course committee that they have the ability to successfully complete the micro-credential programme based on evidence of experience of working in any healthcare setting and engaging with digital health systems. • Transcript as evidence of degree where applicable. • An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae. |
| Course Code | PENM-DHMH-1M |
