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Associate	TR-NQF-HE: Level 5	QF-EHEA: Short Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 5

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

UNI326

Course Name:

Digital Technologies in Health

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Elective

Course Level:

Associate

TR-NQF-HE:5. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:Short Cycle

EQF-LLL:5. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

E-Learning

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. FATMA NUR ÇİÇİN

Course Lecturer(s):

Dr.Öğr.Üyesi Fatma Nur ÇİÇİN

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

The aim of this course is for students to gain fundamental knowledge about artificial intelligence and digital technologies in health sciences. The course covers various digital health technologies, from health informatics systems and AI applications to mobile health solutions and big data analytics, offering students the opportunity to understand the digital transformation of modern healthcare. Additionally, students will learn about critical topics such as accessibility, data security, and ethical issues in digital health technologies, developing the knowledge and skills necessary to implement these technologies effectively and safely.

Course Content:

The course focuses on the use of digital technologies in the healthcare sector. It begins by covering the fundamentals of health informatics systems, digital transformation, and innovation processes. In this context, students will learn about telemedicine and telehealth applications, gaining an understanding of the role of mobile health and wearable technologies in healthcare services. Students will acquire knowledge about advanced digital technologies such as big data analytics and AI applications, exploring the solutions these technologies offer in the healthcare field.

In the later stages, the course will cover the use of robotic systems and automation technologies with examples from healthcare services, as well as data security and privacy issues. During this process, students will analyze digital health policies at both national and international levels, assessing their impact on healthcare systems. Additionally, the course will focus on accessibility and universal design principles, emphasizing how digital health services can be made accessible to all individuals.

In the final sections, interactions with emerging technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will be discussed, and their applications in healthcare will be explored. The course will conclude with student project presentations and a comprehensive evaluation.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Will be able to work on digital technologies and Artificial Intelligence in health care can express/explain basic knowledge orally/written.
2) Learns how digital transformation and innovation processes in healthcare contribute to the quality and efficiency of healthcare services.
3) Understands how telemedicine and telehealth technologies work and their importance in providing remote healthcare services to patients.
4) Understands the role of mobile health applications and wearable devices in health monitoring and management, and can evaluate these technologies.
5) Technological solution in health care issues with entrepreneurial spirit. develop and implement recommendations.
6) There is a relationship between the concepts of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. compare/contrast the connections/similarities and differences can explain.
7) Have the necessary equipment for technology-based projects students bring their ideas to life with innovative and entrepreneurial spirit List/group the basic steps to be able to pass the ethical and legal issues.
8) Have knowledge about Ethical and Legal Issues and to be able to make evaluation,
9) Communication and Collaboration in Health Services
10) Assessment of New Trends and Future Perspectives will be able to do it.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction and Course Introduction
2)	Overview of Digital Health Technologies
3)	Electronic Health Records (EHR/EMR)
4)	Telemedicine and Remote Healthcare Services
5)	Wearable Technologies in Healthcare
6)	Mobile Health (m-Health) Applications
7)	Health Information Systems
8)	Midterm week
9)	Artificial intelligence applications in health
10)	Blockchain and Health Data Security
11)	Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) Applications
12)	Digital Technologies and Ethics in Healthcare
13)	The Future of Digital Health Technologies
14)	Final week

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

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References:

1. Mendi, B. (2023). Sağlık Bilişimi ve Güncel Uygulamalar, Nobel Tıp Kitapevi.
2. Topol, E. J. (2019). High-performance medicine: the convergence of human and artificial intelligence. Nature Medicine, 25(1), 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-018-0300-.
3. Jiang, F., Jiang, Y., Zhi, H., Dong, Y., Li, H., Ma, S., ... & Wang, Y. (2017). Artificial intelligence in healthcare: past, present and future. Stroke and Vascular Neurology, 2(4), 230-243.
4. Terry, N. P. (2017). Healthcare and Artificial Intelligence: Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Perspectives. Harvard University Press.
5. Rivas, H. & Wac, K. (2018). Digital Health: Scaling Healthcare to the World. Springer.
6. Digital Transformation: Build Your Organization's Future for the Innovation Age" - Lindsay Herbert
7. "Healthcare Disrupted: Next Generation Business Models and Strategies" - Jeff Elton, Anne 'Riordan
8. Sağlık Bilimlerinde Yapay Zekâ. (2019). Melih Bulut, Nevit Dilmen, Gökhan Bora Esmer, Murat Gezer, Çiğdem Selçukcan Erol, Leyla Türker Şener (Ed.). İstanbul: Çağlayan Kitabevi.
9. Tıp Bilişimi. (2021). Nilgün Bozbuğa, Sevinç Gülseçen. (Ed.). İstanbul: İstanbul University Press.
10. Sağlıkta İleri Teknoloji. (2019). Mustafa Said Yıldız (Ed.). Ankara: Nobel Yayınevi.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Program Outcomes
1) Anesthesia technician has professional consciousness.
2) He/She knows the duties, authorities and responsibilities of the anesthesia technician and exhibits ethical behaviors that will carry out harmonious teamwork in the operating room.
3) He/She has the basic knowledge, skills and equipment suitable to the contemporary health technician approach, to be able to carry out communication with the patient, to take responsibility and to develop solutions when faced with an unforeseen situation related to the field.
4) Without giving any harm to patients,he/she gives importance to hygiene asepsis-antisepsis, sterilization, contamination and infection with the basic knowledge about the health care work environment.
5) He/She recognizes and uses the medical terms used in anesthesia applications.
6) He/She knows the basic structure and functions of human body and biochemical mechanisms and uses them in their professional studies.
7) He/She has information about basic anatomy and diseases related to systems.
8) While applying his / her profession, he / she can benefit from appropriate information sources and information technologies.
9) He/She has awareness of lifelong learning.
10) He/She follows information in the field by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio A2 General Level.
11) He/She has knowledge about ethical principles and rules in the field.
12) He/She uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of at least European Computer Driving License required by the field.
13) He/She has internalized team work, has the knowledge of basic anesthetic pharmacology and performs anesthetic and analgesic applications together with anesthesia physician.
14) To have general first aid knowledge and to show proper approach and correct application skills in emergency situations.
15) He/She has the necessary discipline for team work and carries out activities for the development of employees under its responsibility.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Anesthesia technician has professional consciousness.
2)	He/She knows the duties, authorities and responsibilities of the anesthesia technician and exhibits ethical behaviors that will carry out harmonious teamwork in the operating room.
3)	He/She has the basic knowledge, skills and equipment suitable to the contemporary health technician approach, to be able to carry out communication with the patient, to take responsibility and to develop solutions when faced with an unforeseen situation related to the field.
4)	Without giving any harm to patients,he/she gives importance to hygiene asepsis-antisepsis, sterilization, contamination and infection with the basic knowledge about the health care work environment.
5)	He/She recognizes and uses the medical terms used in anesthesia applications.
6)	He/She knows the basic structure and functions of human body and biochemical mechanisms and uses them in their professional studies.
7)	He/She has information about basic anatomy and diseases related to systems.
8)	While applying his / her profession, he / she can benefit from appropriate information sources and information technologies.
9)	He/She has awareness of lifelong learning.
10)	He/She follows information in the field by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio A2 General Level.
11)	He/She has knowledge about ethical principles and rules in the field.
12)	He/She uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of at least European Computer Driving License required by the field.
13)	He/She has internalized team work, has the knowledge of basic anesthetic pharmacology and performs anesthetic and analgesic applications together with anesthesia physician.
14)	To have general first aid knowledge and to show proper approach and correct application skills in emergency situations.
15)	He/She has the necessary discipline for team work and carries out activities for the development of employees under its responsibility.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	15	45
Study Hours Out of Class	15	30
Quizzes	1	15
Final	2	40
Total Workload		130