Ethics, Privacy and Governance in Digital Health - 26/27
| Week | Content |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to digital health and the ethical principles underpinning responsible practice, including autonomy, consent, justice and data justice. |
| Week 2 | Privacy and data protection in digital health, covering UK and EU requirements, global comparisons and cross-border data use. |
| Week 3 | Regulatory frameworks for digital health, including medical-device classification, software as a medical device, evidence requirements and deployment assurance. |
| Week 4 | Assessing risks, benefits and harms, with a focus on clinical safety, informed consent, patient autonomy and secondary uses of health data. |
| Week 5 | Cybersecurity threats, protective measures and human factors, alongside system resilience, incident response and maintaining trust during disruption. |
| Week 6 | Reading week: independent study and reflection. |
| Week 7 | Trust, transparency and public acceptability, including communicating ethical, privacy and governance issues clearly to decision-makers and non-specialist audiences. |
| Week 8 | Responsible artificial intelligence in health, including governance, bias, fairness, explainability, ongoing monitoring and model drift. |
| Week 9 | Equity, inclusion and data justice, examining digital exclusion, representation, accountability, liability and routes to redress when harm occurs. |
| Week 10 | Building and operating digital-health governance frameworks, including oversight, accountability, policies, audits, procurement and supplier management. |
| Week 11 | Developing critical case-study arguments and practical recommendations, addressing common analytical pitfalls and refining work through peer review. |
Principles of Health Informatics - 25/26
| Week | Session |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Models, information, and information systems |
| Week 2 | Informatics skills: communicating, structuring, and questioning |
| Week 2 | Informatics skills: searching and making decisions |
| Week 5 | Communication systems in healthcare |
| Week 5 | Social networks, telehealth, and mobile health |
| Week 7 | Representing medical knowledge |
| Week 7 | Terminologies and classification systems |
| Week 11 | Usability of medical software |
| Week 11 | Evaluating medical software |
A playlist of teaching videos and supporting materials is available here:
Principles of Health Informatics teaching YouTube playlist
Some additional resources for 25/26:
Models, Information & Information Systems [html]
Communicating, structuring, questioning, searching, and making decisions [html]
Vibe coding using GitHub [pdf]