TC309: mHealth - Mobile Phones for Public Health

Course Description

In 2015, the number of global cell-phone subscriptions will surpass the number of people on this earth — and it took a little more than 20 years for that to happen. Yet at the same time, health systems around the world are struggling to:

• Provide access to affordable healthcare for all

• Treat infectious diseases such as Ebola, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis

• Address crippling maternal and child mortality rates in low-income countries

• Manage non-communicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, and diabetes

• Tackle infrasture and supply chain challenges in remote settings

• Train frontline health workers to provide care to vulnerable populations

Increasingly, Ministries of Health, companies, NGOs, and various bilateral and multilateral donors are looking to mobile phones as part of a solution for responding to these challenges.

This four-week online certificate course will focus on building mHealth skills that revolutionize approaches to patient care and management, point-of-care support, health education, remote monitoring, diagnostics, supply chain management & logistics and more.

A growing number of mHealth projects have been implemented across the world from Guatemala to Uganda, from India to Argentina – we will explore what has worked and what could be improved with each example and invite participants to share their own experiences in managing ongoing projects.

Course Topics and Featured Tech

• Week 1: Introduction to Mobile Phones for Public Health
• Week 2: Strengthening Health Systems
• Week 3: Citizen-Centered Health
• Week 4: The Future of mHealth

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:

• critically analyze both the opportunities and the pitfalls that emerge when working with mobile technology to improve public health outcomes.

• connect relevant development theories to the technological strategies and tools discussed in the course

• manage specific mHealth software platforms and tools

• design dynamic and effective strategies for using tools and platforms improve mHealth efforts

• develop critical self-confidence for working with mobile technology to public health challenges.

Course Methodology

• This course is delivered entirely online over a period of four weeks.

• This course features several live interactive expert presentations each week with leading practitioners, software developers, academics, and donors.

• Every live event is recorded and archived for you to watch later.

• This course also features a unique hands-on learning environment with animated videos, technology demos, practical activities, networking events, office hours, participant presentations, immersive simulations, and more.

• TechChange recommends budgeting a minimum commitment of 5-7 hours per week and scheduling time for the course around your existing obligations.

• Participants will have access to all course content for at least 4 months after course completion so the material can be completed and revisited later.

Course Price

• $395 if application and payment is submitted by February 27, 2015
• $445 if application and payment is submitted by March 13, 2015
• $495 if application and payment is submitted by start of course.
• Group discount rates available. For more details, please contact us at info [at] techchange.org
• If you are not happy with your course experience for any reason, TechChange is happy to offer you a full refund. Read more in the FAQ section