Health Technology environment (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

18.9.2025 8-12 Health Technology as a business
9.10.2025 12-16 Social and healthcare actors, processes and registers.
6.11.2025 12-16 Health Technology users and user centric design
3.12.2025 12-16 Final presentations

Objective

After finishing the course the student is capable of:
- Recognize the health technology field and its special features
- Describe health technology segments, interfaces and applications from different perspectives
- Understands the influence of a user in technological solutions

Content

- Social and healthcare actors and processes
- Health technology user groups
- Social and healthcare registers
- Health technology as a business field
- Health technology companies

Materials

Material will be available through It'sLearning.

Teaching methods

The course is completed with group work to be carried out in lectures, learning assignments to be returned between the lectures, and a graded pair assignment. Completing the course requires active participation in the lectures, which takes place on campus.

Exam schedules

None

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

The course utilizes exploratory learning and innovation pedagogy.

Completion alternatives

None.

Student workload

Face-to-face teaching and group work on campus 16h
Individual work 14h
Pair assignments 60 h
Final assignment to be returned in pairs, 45 h
a total of 135 h

Evaluation methods and criteria

The grade of the course is determined based on the final assignment, which is returned as a paired assignment, which is graded H-5. The other tasks in the section must be completed satisfactorily in order to pass.

Failed (0)

The tasks required to pass the course have not been completed.

Further information

It'sLearning, Teams and email.