DIGHEL4360 – Informatics for health workers
Course description
Course content
This course is an introduction to relevant topics in informatics for students with a health background. It covers foundational aspects of informatics, such as programming, databases, networks, software development approaches and user participation. The course will provide students with a socio-technical perspective on digital technologies and information systems, with an emphasis on information needs in the health sector. By the completion of the course, the students will have a solid base on which to build key digital health competency.
Students will examine and play with code examples as a pedagogical approach to understand important programming principles, algorithmic thinking and modularization.
Learning outcome
After completing the course, you can:
- explain basic principles of computer programming and databases
- explain important properties of digital technologies and how they can be employed to address information needs
- contribute to discussions regarding the application of digital technologies in the health sector
- demonstrate a socio-technical understanding of information systems
- discuss ethical issues associated with digitalization in the health sector
Admission to the course
Overlapping courses
- 5 credits overlap with DIGHEL4365 – Informatikk for helsearbeidere.
Teaching
2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of seminars per week
The following are mandatory activities:
- Attending the first lecture
- 80% participation in seminars
- Participation in projects with individual and group assignments
Examination
Examination support material
Grading scale
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- How to use AI as a student
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.