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Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Carolina Chabrera Sanz

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 4

Teaching staff: 

Ishar Dalmau Santamaria

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 3

Languages ​​of instruction

  • Catalan

Catalan.

There may be some scientific reading in English.

Competencies / Learning Outcomes

Basic skills

  • CB4_That students can convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to an audience, both specialized and non-specialized

  • CB5_That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

  • CB2_That students know how to apply their knowledge to their job or vocation in a professional way and have the skills that need to be demonstrated through the elaboration and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of ​​study

  • CB3_That students have the ability to gather or interpret relevant data (usually within their area of ​​study), to make judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues

Specific skills

  • CE6_Apply health care information and communication technologies and systems

General competencies

  • CG10_Protect the health and well-being of the people, family or groups cared for, ensuring their safety

  • CG6_Basing nursing interventions on scientific evidence and available media

  • CG11_Establish effective communication with patients, family, social groups and peers and promote health education

  • CG16_Know the health information systems

  • CG19_Enjoy autonomy and critical ability to use ICT

Transversal competences

  • CT 1 Develop the ability to assess inequalities based on sex and gender, to design solutions

Presentation of the subject

The subject ICT in Health is a compulsory subject of 4 ECTS, framed in the matter 3 of the Degree of nursing. The aim of the course is to make students aware of the importance of digital transformation in health and to make visible those essential aspects that can directly intervene in the transformation of healthcare processes, such as mobile devices, sensors, the Internet. and the Internet of Things (IoT), social media, genomics, and Big Data. All these elements, but especially the Internet and the mobile phone, have changed the way we live.

Additionally, the course focuses on the relevance of Health 2.0 understood as the use of social tools to promote collaboration between patients, caregivers and health professionals, allowing a much more agile communication than known until the present. The Health 2.0 concept provides the ideal conceptual framework for integrating the content of Health 2.0 into the nursing curriculum, drawing the key and necessary concepts in the current nursing curriculum and identifying the aspects resulting from the effects of Nursing. 2.0.

The concept evolves at a time when innovation and technology come into play, forming a perfect choice that defines the subject ICT in Health. The course offers the possibility of creating, sharing, reflecting, discussing, learning and developing ideas to improve patient care 2.0, discovering advanced innovations focused on improving care with an active interrelation of innovation and creativity. . It is then this cocktail between Digital Health, Health 2.0 and Innovation that configures the added value of the subject, offering students the opportunity to achieve the skills required to understand the transformation of nursing care today.

The classroom (physical or virtual) is a safe space, free of sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and discriminatory attitudes, either towards students or towards teachers. We trust that together we can create a safe space where we can make mistakes and learn without having to suffer prejudice from others.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in this subject is regulated in the Learning Plan. It should be consulted to find out the specific conditions of use.

 

Contents

Thematic unit 1. Basic knowledge in eHealth, Health 2.0 and innovation: EHealth as a practice in the health environment. Health 2.0 in the current context. Innovation and health. Design processes in creation and innovation with technology. Impact of ICT on organizations. Opportunities and challenges for nursing. The digital nurse.

Thematic unit 2. Nursing practice in digital health: components and opportunities: (1) Components: eHealth. Health care and web 2.0. (Environment). ePacient. Participatory health (Nursing care). (2) Opportunities: Collective intelligence. Learning communities. Knowledge management. Service design.

Thematic unit 3. Trend in nursing care and ICT: Miscellaneous: (1) Mobile health applications. (2) Big Data, Machine learning, chatbots, and Artificial Intelligence. (3) Virtual, augmented and mixed reality. (4) Digital competencies of the nurse. The digital nurse toolbox.

 

 

Activities and evaluation system

The assessment system for the skills and learning outcomes of this subject includes different assessment activities for Subject 3 - Public Health, Communication and Research in Health:

Evaluation system Minimum weighting Maximum weighting
SE1. Exam 20% 40%
SE2. Individual works 20% 40%
SE3. Teamwork 20% 40%
SE4. Classroom participation 5% 40%
SE5. Seminars 10% 50%
SE7. Practical test 5% 40%

 

A system of quantitative (from 0 to 10) and qualitative (suspended, approved, notable, excellent, honorary registration) is used according to RD 1125/2003.

According to UPF regulations, students who have the option of retrieving the subject are those who have obtained a “suspended” grade, which are the only ones that can be modified in the recovery process.

The evaluation system and recovery period are detailed in the Learning Plan available in the virtual classroom at the beginning of the subject.

Any form of academic fraud will be sanctioned in accordance with the center's assessment regulations. If signs of fraud are detected, including the improper use of generative artificial intelligence tools, the subject's teaching staff may call the student for an individual interview with the aim of verifying their authorship.

Bibliography

Basic

A Nurse's Guide to the Use of Social Media. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Available in: https://www.ncsbn.org/Social_Media.pdf 

Christensen, CM, Grossman, JH, & Hwang, J. (2009). The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2009.

Different authors. (2015). 2050: A Health odyssey. Health first Europe. 2015. Available at: https://healthfirsteurope.eu/publication/policy-paper-future-health-2050-health-odyssey/ 

Doswel, WM., Braxter, B., DeVito Dabbs, A., Nilsen, W., & Klem, ML. (2013). mHealth: Technology for nursing practice, education, and research. J Nurs Educ Pract, 3 (10), 99-109.

Eysenbach G. (2001). What is e-health ?. Journal of medical Internet research, 3 (2), E20. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.3.2.e20

Harrison, JP, & Lee, A. (2006). The role of e-Health in the changng health care environment. Nursing economics, 24 (6), 283–289.

Li, J., Westbrook, J., Callen, J., & Georgiou, A. (2012). The role of ICT in supporting disruptive innovation: a multi-site qualitative study of nurse practitioners in emergency departments. BMC medical informatics and decision making, 12, 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-12-27 

Immersion Manual 2.0 for Health Professionals. Available in: https://saludconectada.com/manual-de-inmersion-20-para-profesionales-de-salud/ 

Meskó, B., Drobni, Z., Bényei, É., Gergely, B., & Gyorffy, Z. (2017). Digital health is a cultural transformation of traditional healthcare. mHealth, 3, 38.

Samples, C., Ni, Z., & Shaw, RJ (2014). Nursing and mHealth. Online J Nurs Sci Dec, 1 (4), 330-333. [doi: 10.1016 / j.ijnss.2014.08.002]

Wiener University | Prospective Conference and the Technologies of the Future - José Luis Cordeiro. Available in:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KHaLQYySMA 

Using Social Media: practical and ethical guidance for doctors and medical students (BMA). Available in: https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/ethics/personal-ethics/ethics-of-social-media-use 

Van De Belt, TH, Engelen, LJ, Berben, SA, & Schoonhoven, L. (2010). Definition of Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: a systematic review. Journal of medical Internet research, 12 (2), e18. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.1350 

What Should Be In A Medical Bag Of The 21st Century? by Bertalan Mesko. Available in: ttps: //www.youtube.com/watch? v = g4uyb6UP9ok

Complementary

American Medical Association Policy: Professionalism in the Use of Social Media. Available in: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/meeting/professionalism-social-media.shtml 

Australian Medical Association: Social Media and the Medical Profession. Available in: http://ama.com.au/node/6231 

DeBronkart, D. (2014). Let the patients help! Amazon. Available in: https://www.epatientdave.com/let-patients-help/ 

Drucker, PF (2002). The discipline of innovations. Boston, Harvard Business School Publishing. Available in: https://hbr.org/2002/08/the-discipline-of-innovation 

Social Media user guide for doctors (Barcelona Official Medical Association). Available in: http://wma.comb.es/ca/usuarios-socialmedia.html 

Guide to uses and styles on the social networks of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Available in: http://atenciociutadana.gencat.cat/ca/serveis/xarxes-i-missatgeria-instantania/xarxes-socials/ 

Mayer, MA, Rodríguez Blanco, O., & Torrejon, A. (2019). Use of Health Apps by Nurses for Professional Purposes: A Web-Based Survey Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 7 (11), e15195. https://mhealth.jmir.org/2019/11/e15195

Social media policy of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu - Barcelona. Available in: http://www.hsjdbcn.org/polymitaImages/public/institucional/xarxes/Politica_Redes_Sociales_HSJD%20%288%20mar%202011%29_cast.pdf 

Social Media Guidelines for Medical Professionals: Summary. Available in: http://scienceroll.com/2012/06/02/social-media-guidelines-for-medical-professionals-summary/ 

Social Media Guidelines for Physicians (Massachusetts Medical Society). Available in: http://www.massmed.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Legal_and_Regulatory&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=55126 

Social Networking and The Medical Practice. Guidelines for Physicians, Office Staff and Patients (Ohio State Medical Association). Available in: http://www.osma.org/files/documents/tools-and-resources/running-a-practice/social-media-policy.pdf 

Thiel, P. (2015). From zero to one. How to invent the future. Barcelona, ​​Spain. Management 2000.

Topol, E. (2016). The patient will see you now. Basic Books. 

Topol, E. (2019). Deep Medicine: How artificial intelligence can make healthcare human again. Basic Books.