Educating the healthcare workforce of the future: lessons learned from the development and implementation of a 'Wearables in Healthcare' course

Matthew P Ward; J Scott Malloy; Chris Kannmacher; Steven R Steinhubl

doi:10.1038/s41746-023-00964-y

Educating the healthcare workforce of the future: lessons learned from the development and implementation of a 'Wearables in Healthcare' course

NPJ Digit Med. 2023 Nov 22;6(1):214. doi: 10.1038/s41746-023-00964-y.

Authors

Matthew P Ward^{1

2}, J Scott Malloy³, Chris Kannmacher³, Steven R Steinhubl³

Affiliations

¹ Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. mpward@purdue.edu.
² Div. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. mpward@purdue.edu.
³ Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.

Abstract

Digital health technologies will play an ever-increasing role in the future of healthcare. It is crucial that the people who will help make that transformation possible have the evidence-based and hands-on training necessary to address the many challenges ahead. To better prepare the future health workforce with the knowledge necessary to support the re-engineering of healthcare in an equitable, person-centric manner, we developed an experiential learning course-Wearables in Healthcare-for advanced undergraduate and graduate university students. Here we describe the components of that course and the lessons learned to help guide others interested in developing similar courses.

Publication types

Review