Digital Skills in Healthcare Practice

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Cambridge University Press
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2015
Authors
Moloney C
Farley, Helen
Abstract

The healthcare industry is rapidly evolving in tandem with a demand for increased flexibility in the delivery of education in our fast-paced society. As a result, the passive reception of content by students, delivered by an expert from the front of the class, is becoming increasingly redundant. Students are now being taught, ubiquitous connectivity allowing widespread access to online materials (Collier, Gray, & Ahn, 2011). Programs such as nursing are often offered in an external, online delivery mode (Wright, 2013). Due to an increasingly aging population, healthcare is by far one of the fastest-growing industries, and graduate job seekers choosing to enter healthcare, will need to ensure they have developed sound digital literacies, particularly as they apply to professional communication. It is imperative that students develop and leverage emerging communication technologies as part of their portfolio prior to seeking employment (Clark, 2009; Hargittai & Litt, 2013).

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Learning objectives 1. To familiarise readers with developments in digital technologies in both education and healthcare settings. 2. To acquaint students with some of the main debates around the introduction of emerging technologies into education and healthcare settings. 3. To inform users about some of the digital tools available for learning, research, collaboration and career development. 4. To make readers aware of the risks and challenges associated with the use of online, digital technologies in education and healthcare settings. 5. To introduce some of the key terms associated with the discussion around digital technologies for study and for use in the workplace.
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Moloney C,Farley H (2015). Digital Skills in Healthcare Practice. In Lawrence J, Perrin C, Kiernan E (Ed.), Building Professional Nursing Communication.: 155-181. Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
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39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390405 - Educational technology and computing
42 - Health sciences::4203 - Health services and systems::420302 - Digital health
46 - Information and computing sciences::4601 - Applied computing::460102 - Applications in health
46 - Information and computing sciences::4609 - Information systems::460906 - Information systems education
42 - Health sciences::4203 - Health services and systems::420311 - Health systems
46 - Information and computing sciences::4601 - Applied computing
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