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BIDH5000: Implementation Science in Digital Health

Semester 2, 2022 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

This unit will offer you the opportunity to develop your understanding of opportunities, theoretical and practical issues in digital health transformation projects. Students will have the chance to consider their own approaches in relation to project design and implementation. Drawing on recent research digital health theory and practice, students will design, develop and evaluate their digital health transformation and implementation proposal relevant to their chosen project context.

Unit details and rules

Academic unit Department of Medical Sciences
Credit points 6
Prerequisites
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None
Corequisites
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None
Prohibitions
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None
Assumed knowledge
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Assumed basic knowledge of health, health care and associated systems are required. Students who have not completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in a health profession will be asked to complete the Open Learning Environment module "Preparation for learning in the Hospital Environment', which is openly available to all University of Sydney students via Canvas. Please check the Canvas site for this unit for any information on further recommended resources

Available to study abroad and exchange students

No

Teaching staff

Coordinator Rowena Forsyth, rowena.forsyth@sydney.edu.au
Lecturer(s) Rowena Forsyth, rowena.forsyth@sydney.edu.au
Type Description Weight Due Length
Tutorial quiz Quiz 1
10 question quiz on content from Workshops 1 & 2
10% Week 03
Due date: 22 Aug 2022 at 23:59

Closing date: 29 Aug 2022
10 questions
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO6 LO2
Assignment Reflection 1
Reflection after workshop 2
2% Week 04
Due date: 25 Aug 2022 at 23:59

Closing date: 30 Sep 2022
300 words
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2 LO5 LO6
Assignment Reflection 2
Reflection after workshop 3
3% Week 05
Due date: 01 Sep 2022 at 23:59

Closing date: 01 Oct 2022
400 words
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO5 LO6
Tutorial quiz Quiz 2
10 question quiz on content from Workshops 3 & 4
10% Week 06
Due date: 05 Sep 2022 at 23:59

Closing date: 12 Sep 2022
10 questions
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO6 LO4 LO3
Assignment Reflection 3
Reflection after workshop 4
5% Week 06
Due date: 08 Sep 2022 at 23:59

Closing date: 08 Oct 2022
600 words
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Assignment Overall reflection mark
This mark is for the reflections combined
5% Week 07
Due date: 18 Sep 2022 at 23:59
No additional submission required
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO6 LO5 LO4 LO3 LO2
Assignment Preliminary project plan
Design/redesign and implementation plan
15% Week 07
Due date: 16 Sep 2022 at 23:59

Closing date: 04 Nov 2022
2000 words
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO5 LO6
Presentation Presentation
Live in-class presentation of design/redesign and implementation plan.
25% Week 10
Due date: 14 Oct 2022 at 09:00

Closing date: 14 Oct 2022
20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO6 LO5 LO4 LO3 LO2
Assignment Final project plan
Individual critical reflection and final project plan.
25% Week 12
Due date: 28 Oct 2022 at 23:59

Closing date: 04 Nov 2022
3000 words
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6

Assessment summary

Quizzes

Quiz 1 tests your knowlege of Workshop 1 and 2 content.

Quiz 2 tests your knowlege of Workshop 3 and 4 content.

Reflection tasks

Reflection 1 asks you to reflect on how the Design content in Workshop 2 is informing your project.

Reflection 2 asks you to reflect on how the Implementation content in Workshop 3 is informing your project and how your Design thinking is progressing.

Reflection 3 asks you to reflect on how the change transformation and ethical thinking content in Workshop 4 is informing your project and how your Design and Implementation thinking is progressing.

You will also receive an overall mark for the consistency and development shown across the 3 pieces of reflection.

Project plans and presentation

Preliminary project plan asks you to detail the Design and Implementation aspects of your project.

Presentation requires you to presnt your project to your peers and other stakeholders.

Final project plan includes change transformation and ethical thinking content as well as a finalised project plan.

 

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.

Assessment criteria

Result name

Mark range

Description

High distinction

85 - 100

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an exceptional standard

Distinction

75 - 84

 

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a very high standard

Credit

65 - 74

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a good standard

Pass

50 - 64

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard

Fail

0 - 49

When you don’t meet the learning outcomes of the unit to a satisfactory standard.

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

  • Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
  • After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

This unit has an exception to the standard University policy or supplementary information has been provided by the unit coordinator. This information is displayed below:

Simple extensions of up to 48 hours may be requested by emailing the unit coordinator Dr Rowena Forsyth prior to the assignment due date. Should your request be approved you will receive an email with your new due date and time. Requests for longer extensions must be submitted through the Special Consideration system.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools

You may only use generative AI and automated writing tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator. If you do use these tools, you must acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section. The assessment instructions or unit outline will give guidance of the types of tools that are permitted and how the tools should be used.

Your final submitted work must be your own, original work. You must acknowledge any use of generative AI tools that have been used in the assessment, and any material that forms part of your submission must be appropriately referenced. For guidance on how to acknowledge the use of AI, please refer to the AI in Education Canvas site.

The unapproved use of these tools or unacknowledged use will be considered a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy and penalties may apply.

Studiosity is permitted unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission as detailed on the Learning Hub’s Canvas page.

Outside assessment tasks, generative AI tools may be used to support your learning. The AI in Education Canvas site contains a number of productive ways that students are using AI to improve their learning.

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

WK Topic Learning activity Learning outcomes
Week 02 Workshop 1 - Systems Context Workshop (7.5 hr) LO1 LO3
Week 03 Workshop 2 - Digital Health Design and Development Workshop (7.5 hr) LO1 LO2 LO5 LO6
Week 04 Workshop 3 - Implementation and adoption Workshop (7.5 hr) LO1 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Week 05 Workshop 4 - Change transformation Workshop (7.5 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Week 10 Workshop 5 - Stakeholder engagement presentations Workshop (5 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6

Attendance and class requirements

In person attendance is expected for all Workshop sessions in this unit of study. The workshops run from 9:00am-4:30pm for Workshops 1-4 and 9:00am-2:00pm for Workshop 5.

The workshops are on the following dates:

Workshop 1: Friday 12th August (week 2)

Workshop 2: Friday 19th August (week 3)

Workshop 3: Friday 26th August (week 4)

Workshop 4: Friday 2nd September (week 5)

Workshop 5: Friday 14th October (week 10).

 

All assignments must be submitted in order to be eligible to pass this unit. Students who do not submit one or more assignments will be automatically awarded an AF (absent fail) grade regardless of accruded marks.

 

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Critically evaluate and demonstrate an understanding of the individual, organisational and systemic factors in complex health challenges.
  • LO2. Apply critical inquiry and research skills to design an implementable innovative digital health solution to a specific health problem that embraces development and evaluation cycles.
  • LO3. Demonstrate understanding of the competing individual and interdisciplinary demands that relate to effectiveness and delivery during phases of transformation or implementation, considering professional responsibilities across the disciplines of health, design, IT and business.
  • LO4. Demonstrate the professional capabilities associated with ethical project management by addressing stakeholder engagement, hybrid issues of health and technology using agile methodologies and translational science frameworks.
  • LO5. Communicate understanding of, and approaches to, complex health issues to a variety of audiences using a range of tools, and explaining the iterative and evidence-based design, as well as market need.
  • LO6. Demonstrate a best practice approach to the conceptualisation, design and development or evaluation of integrated transformation, implementation and project management strategies.

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1 Depth of disciplinary expertise

Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.

GQ2 Critical thinking and problem solving

Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.

GQ3 Oral and written communication

Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.

GQ4 Information and digital literacy

Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.

GQ5 Inventiveness

Generating novel ideas and solutions.

GQ6 Cultural competence

Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.

GQ7 Interdisciplinary effectiveness

Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.

GQ8 Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity

An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.

GQ9 Influence

Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes Graduate qualities
GQ1 GQ2 GQ3 GQ4 GQ5 GQ6 GQ7 GQ8 GQ9

This section outlines changes made to this unit following staff and student reviews.

This unit is a new unit of study running for the first time.

Students who have Academic Plans (APs) are requested to email a pdf copy of these to the unit coordinator Dr Rowena Forsyth (rowena.forsyth@sydney.edu.au).

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