Technology and Society (6 op)

Tavoitteet

The student is able to:
- Understand the principles of health and wellbeing, equal access to health and digital divides, digital literacy and capabilities, health rights and power relations - with, for and by the people.
- Acquire general knowledge of philosophical, historical and recent transformations in the world of health, in relation to the development of the digital society.
- Build a multidimensional understanding of the concepts of health (development diseases, mental health, lifestyles), society (healthy society, common people, care) and technology (common good).
- Apply critical and ethical design approach related to the development of health technologies.
- Identify and analyse complex and heterogenous data linking health differences, quality of life and social wellbeing, ownership and control of health data.
- To investigate a concrete case enabling students to make informed decisions based on theoretical and practical analyses.

Arviointiasteikko

H-5