Digital Health: Law and Ethics

Course offered by:	Prof. Dr. Horst Kunhardt, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Bleyer, Anna E. Schmaus-Klughammer
Offering University:	TH Deggendorf , Uni Passau , Uni Augsburg
Course Language:	English
Subject Area:	Health Care / Health Management	Free of Charge
Average Workload:	20 Hours	Free of Charge	Enrol
Picture Credits: Benedikt Krieger

What awaits you in this course?

The course Digital Health: “Law and Ethics” is suitable for anyone working in or interested in the healthcare sector. Furthermore, the course is a preparatory course for students who will apply for the Bachelor Health Informatics and the Master Digital Helath and Master Global Public Health courses at the Technische Hochschule Deggendorf, European Campus in Pfarrkirchen or any other student interested in the topic. This course was developed get a first impression and to get familiar with the legal and ethical questions in Digital Health. As digital health becomes more and more important in healthcare. Students from other courses (e.g. Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Care etc.) who will take this OPEN vhb course will get a better understanding about the important topic.

What can you learn in this course?

Students who will finish the course “Digital Health: Law and Ethics” will be familiar with the foundations of Digital Health, Law, Law in Digital Health, Ethics and Ethics in Digital Health. The knowledge gained will allow a better understanding of each of the topics as well as of the synergies in different settings.

Outline

Course Content and Structure

These are the main topics of the course "Digital Collaborative Systems in Healthcare":

Chapter 1 - Digital Health

Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Software
Lesson 3: Hardware
Lesson 4: Quiz

Chapter 2 - Law

Lesson 1: Definition
Lesson 2: Sources of Law
Lesson 3: Law Systems
Lesson 4: European Law
Lesson 5: Quiz

Chapter 3 - Digital Health and Law

Lesson 1: EU Law
Lesson 2: Classification of Medical Devices
Lesson 3: Examples of Classifications
Lesson 4: International Health Regulations
Lesson 5: Legislation of Patient Safety
Lesson 6: Privacy for Patient Data
Lesson 7: Cross Border Healthcare in the European Union
Lesson 8: Telehealth Around the World: A Global Guide
Lesson 9: Quiz

Chapter 4 - Ethics

Lesson 1: Introduction to Ethics
Lesson 2: Types of Ethics
Lesson 3: Ethics and Empathy
Lesson 4: Quiz

Chapter 5 - Digital Health and Ethics

Lesson 1: General Ethics in Health
Lesson 2: Medical Ethics
Lesson 3: What is Health Ethics?
Lesson 4: Digital Health
Lesson 5: Ethics and Telemedicine
Lesson 6: Digital Health and its Challenges: An Ethical Approach
Lesson 7: Quiz

Chapter 6 - Use Cases

Lesson 1: Use Case 1 - e-Wellness Devices
Lesson 2: Use Case 2 - Remote Monitoring of Elderly People at Home
Lesson 3: Use Case 3 - Artificial Intelligence and Medical Imaging Analysis in Histopathology
Lesson 4: Quiz
Lesson 5: End of Course - Well Done!

Course offered by

Professor Dr. Horst Kunhardt

Vice President of Deggendorf Institute of Technology.

Founder of the European Campus Rottal-Inn (ECRI)

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Bleyer

Chair of Theological Ethics at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University of Passau

Further authors

Anna E. Schmaus-Klughammer, LLB(hons)

Associated Professor and Researcher at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology

She teaches Digital Health, Telemedicine, Law and Ethics at ECRI.

She is the coordinator of this course.

Target group

This course is for people interested in Digital Health and how it is related to law and ethics. The main target group will be people directly or indirectly involved in healthcare. This can be nurses, physicians, dentists, physiotherapists as well as people who have an IT background and would like to learn more about how IT in healthcare has to take into consideration law and ethics. Since the role of technology is increasing in healthcare and since telemedicine becomes more and more important in cross border healthcare and international context, legal regulations are also becoming more important. However, what is feasible and legally allowed in digital health is not always ethically acceptable.

Confirmation of participation

Once you have correctly answered at least 80% of all quiz questions included in the course, you may download a certificate of participation.

Digital Health: Law and Ethics