Digital Health Learning Corner
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) is collaborating with the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) on a virtual learning series to support our investigators and trainees working on digital health projects to improve the health of children, women, and other marginalized genders. This learning series is for researchers, care providers, and other stakeholders interested in incorporating digital technologies in a health intervention or health systems process and aims to equip learners to succeed – from project initiation through to implementation.
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Session 1: Evaluating Health Information Systems (HIS): Methods and Considerations
Presenter: Dr. Elizabeth Borycki
Date: December 2, 2021
Learners should be able to:
(1) Define what a health information system is
(2) Define what can be evaluated
(3) Identify the main approaches used in evaluating HIS
(4) Identify when an evaluation should take place in development.
Session 2: Applying Human Centred Design (HCD) for Better Digital Health Interventions
Presenters: Lee Payne, Dr. Helen Monkman, Misha Hasan
Date: February 3, 2022
Learners should be able to:
(1) Understand the concept of HCD applied to product development.
(2) Apply design thinking in development and evaluation of digital health technologies.
(3) Identify methods for human centred digital health interventions.
(4) Understand the importance of digital health literacy in design.
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Session 3: Privacy & Ethics for Digital Health Research and Practice
Presenters: Dr. Holly Longstaff, Paulette Lacroix, Dr. Yoelit Lipinsky
Date: April 7, 2022
Learners should be able to:
(1) Understand recent changes to BC privacy legislation and how it could impact digital health research in BC.
(2) Understand international privacy and ethics guidelines and their relevance to digital health research in BC.
(3) Gain knowledge about the privacy review process and requirements for researcher conducted at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre.
Session 4: Designing Better HIT: Usability & Human Factors Evaluation – Part 1/2
Presenters: Dr. Andre Kushniruk, Dr. Elizabeth Borycki
Date: May 5, 2022
Learners should be able to:
(1) Describe the importance of human factors and usability in designing health care information technologies (HIT).
(2) Measure and evaluate HIT usability with simple, practical methods.
(3) Apply human factors and usability principles to design better digital health interventions.
Session 4: Designing Better HIT: Usability & Human Factors Evaluation – Part 2/2
Presenters: Dr. Andre Kushniruk, Dr. Elizabeth Borycki
Date: May 12, 2022
Learners should be able to:
(1) Describe the importance of human factors and usability in designing health care information technologies (HIT).
(2) Measure and evaluate HIT usability with simple, practical methods.
(3) Apply human factors and usability principles to design better digital health interventions.
Session 5: Methods and Approaches to Improving Health Equity Through Digital Innovation
Presenters: Camila Benmessaoud, Noor El-Dassouki, Dr. Shannon Freeman, Dr. Richard McAloney
Date: June 8, 2022
Learners should be able to:
(1) Gain knowledge on methods and approaches to digital health research that focus on improving health equity.
(2) Understand the value that a focus on health equity brings to digital health research and solution development.
(3) Identify social determinants of health and other factors that can influence access, acceptability, likelihood of adoption and ultimately the level of benefit of digital health tools for patients and families.
(4) Understand the importance of partnering with diverse stakeholders in support of digital health research working towards improving health equity.
Session 6: Industry Partner Panel: Team Up, Apply for Funding, Improve Patient Care
Presenters: Amos Adler, Marina Pavlovic, David Helliwell, Ania Wysocka, Marc Fiume
Date: July 7, 2022
Learners should be able to:
(1) Understand the value of academic research from an industry perspective and how to engage with digital health companies for collaborative research partnerships.
(2)Identify challenges and facilitators for collaborating on digital health research.
(3) Learn about digital health companies in Canada interested in partnering on digital health research.
Session 7: Applying behaviour change theories in digital health innovation
Presenters: Maggie Woo Kinshella and Louise Masse
Date: October 13, 2022
Learners should be able to:
(1) Understand the value of using behaviour change theories for effective digital health interventions
(2) Identify and apply behaviour change theories to inform design of digital health projects
Session 8: Open Data for Clinical Research
Presenters: Eugene Barsky and Brittney Schicter
Date: November 9, 2022
Learners should be able to:
(1) Understand the new Tri-Agency Research Data Management policy and the analogous progress of UBC’s RDM strategy and how they can be applied.
(2) Understand ethical, privacy, and legal considerations of sharing data.
(3) Learn practical skills for incorporating open data language into REB applications and consent form.
Session 9: Putting digital health to work; a celebration of digital health week at BCCHR/WHRI
Presenters:Tania Sze; May Tuason; Lori Brotto; Shazhan Amed; Chetna Jetha and Meereen Poonja
Date: November 17, 2022
Our annual celebration of digital health research includes research and evaluation talks from leading investigators and partners of BCCHR/WHRI. We showcase how digital health is being used to improve health and well being of women and children across BC and beyond.
Session 10: Open Data workshop 2 – case studies in data sharing for quantitative and qualitative research
Presenters: Maggie Woo Kinshella and Srinivas Murthy
Date: February 14, 2023
In this seminar attendees had the opportunity to learn from two successful examples of open data sharing for clinical research. Focus was on need for governance planning and types of platforms to use.
Session 11: How might we create better health with virtual reality?
Presenters: Dr. Alexandra Kitson, Natalie Brown, and Chelsea Stunden
Date: July 20, 2023
Learners should be able to:
1. Promote understanding of diverse applications of VR and its benefits in healthcare: Help attendees grasp the underlying principles and technologies behind VR applications in health. Explain how VR can create immersive experiences and enhance patient care.
2. Identify best practices and encourage further research: Share research studies and projects at BCCHR & WHRI that have effectively implemented VR in practice. Stimulate interest among seminar attendees to pursue research opportunities related to VR in healthcare and to potentially highlight areas where additional research is needed.
3. Inspire innovation: Motivate attendees to think creatively and explore new applications of VR in healthcare.
Session 12: Power of AI in Healthcare – Ethical Dilemmas, Bias & Pioneering Techniques
Presenters: Dr. Leo Anthony Celi, MD, and Dr. Raymond Ng, Ph.D
Date: September 21, 2023
Learners should be able to:
1. Promote understanding of diverse applications of AI and its benefits in healthcare: Help attendees grasp the underlying principles and technologies behind AI applications in health. Discover the role of AI in the healthcare system and how it enhances patient care.
2. Identify best practices and encourage further research: Share research studies and projects that have effectively implemented AI in the current practices. Stimulate interest among seminar attendees to pursue research opportunities related to AI in healthcare and to potentially highlight areas where additional research is needed.
3. Inspire innovation: Motivate attendees to think creatively and explore new applications of AI in healthcare.