- Platform
- FutureLearn
- Provider
- Tapei Medical University
- Effort
- 2 hours/week
- Length
- 4 weeks
- Language
- English
- Credentials
- Paid Certificate Available
- Course Link
Overview
Understand the potential of new technology in managing cancer
Recent advances in cancer treatment and management have lead to people with cancer living longer than ever before, now healthcare must begin to consider how to help people with cancer live healthily.
On this course you will explore and discuss how new digital health technologies, like wearables, social media and home sensors, are starting to transform the management of cancer. There are hundreds of apps for people living with cancer, are they helpful? Can wearable devices promote healthier lifestyles in patients with cancer? It’s time to find out.
This course has been created for healthcare professionals looking to increase their knowledge of managing cancer.
Taught by
Shabbir Syed-Abdul
Understand the potential of new technology in managing cancer
Recent advances in cancer treatment and management have lead to people with cancer living longer than ever before, now healthcare must begin to consider how to help people with cancer live healthily.
On this course you will explore and discuss how new digital health technologies, like wearables, social media and home sensors, are starting to transform the management of cancer. There are hundreds of apps for people living with cancer, are they helpful? Can wearable devices promote healthier lifestyles in patients with cancer? It’s time to find out.
This course has been created for healthcare professionals looking to increase their knowledge of managing cancer.
What topics will you cover?
- Digital health technologies
- Patient advocacy
- Mind-Body connections
- Gamification for Health Promotion in patients with cancer
- Wearable technologies
Taught by
Shabbir Syed-Abdul