DIGHEL4370 – Project in Digital Health
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course is a practical introduction to digitalization in the healthcare sector. It is organized as lectures and a group project that will examine information needs in a health care setting and propose digital solutions to meet these needs. The group will consist of students with diverse backgrounds, necessitating collaboration and application of knowledge from both health sciences and informatics.
Learning outcome
After completing the course, the students will have
- Practical experience working in interdisciplinary teams
- Knowledge of and experience in applying key ICT development approaches
- Practical experience in examining a use case and understanding information needs
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb.
This course has a capacity of 30 students.
If the number of enrolled students is higher than 30 they will be ranked as followed:
- Master students with admission to Digitalization in the Health Sector
- Master students in Informatics: Design, Use, Interaction and Informatics: Programming and System Architecture who has the course approved in their study plan.
- Master students at the Department of Informatics who has the course approved in their study plan.
- Other master students at the Department of Informatics
Formal prerequisite knowledge
The course is designed to be taken in parallel with DIGHEL4355 – Health Services and Information needs or DIGHEL4365 – Informatikk for helsearbeidere. Students must be admitted to one of these courses to take DIGHEL4370.
Teaching
2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of seminars per week, during the second half of the semester.
Examination
Oral group presentation. All mandatory activities must be approved before you can take the exam.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
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.
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Oct. 14, 2026 10:51:13 PM