Basics in eHealth (OPEN UNI), Spring 2025

There are no special requirements for the required background information.

Upon completion of the course: The student can define central information and communication technology (ICT) terms and solutions in healthcare and can list respective applications in healthcare services and training. The student can evaluate the societal and economic significance of information and communication technology in healthcare The student can understand the position of e-health and telemedicine solutions as a part of the national health care information system. The student receives an initial view of future health ICT trends from clinical perspective and possibilities to contribute to these with his/her professional background

Course is built upon web based teaching. Interactivity takes place in virtual learning environment Moodle. The course material consists of videotaped lectures, power point presentations and links to other material available in the web. Performance of duties includes different kind of activating web tasks and multiple choice exams on the grounds of the lectures. Web lectures 15h / Activating web tasks 50h / Web exams 30h / Self-study 40h.

Jarmo Reponen and Paula Veikkolainen

All recommended or required reading is offered in the course Moodle virtual learning environment or in updated web pages there.

In order to complete the course, the student will be watching video lectures, completing activating web tasks to rehearse the themes and completing multiple choice exams.

The course utilizes a numerical grading scale 0 – 5, where 0 means failed.

During the course, where will be activating web tasks every week, which the student must pass, some of them assessed in numerical scale. In addition, there will be multiple choice midterm exams in each course module package which are assessed in numerical scale.The weighted average of midterm exams and numerically evaluated assignments determines the grade of the course. More detailed evaluation criteria can be found in Moodle.

Read more about assessment criteria at the University of Oulu webpage https://www.oulu.fi/en/students/studying-university/assessment-criteria.

Language of instruction English

Target group Anyone who is interested in achieving a basic understanding of e-health, telemedicine and patient record systems in the present healthcare delivery system. The course gives additional knowledge to those already working in healthcare but is also targeted to those coming from industry and other areas of society interested in collaboration with digital health environments.