EHEALTH 703 / Virtual Care & Telemedicine for eHealth

3 unit(s)

Prerequisite(s): EHEALTH 724, EHEALTH 736, EHEALTH 757 or by special permisson of the program.

An interdisciplinary course on the engineering, health science, and business components of virtual care & telemedicine. Structured around the three themes of infrastructure, wearable sensors, and technology in the community. This course will enable learners to understand the current virtual care & telemedicine landscape, in addition to understanding the scope and possibilities of distributed healthcare. Themes are presented in cross-discipline modules through case studies, lectures by industry expert, and applications from current literature. Students are supported through a series of exercises to provide hands-on experience with acquiring and processing health data and for a final project, small teams will present prototype solutions to address current issues in telemedicine.