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The Open University

Innovation in health and social care practice

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

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This free course, Innovation in health and social care practice, focuses on how digital technology and innovation changes the expectations and job roles for health and social care practitioners. You will learn about what these expectations might be on practitioners and also about common responses and criticisms that may arise from transforming practice through technology.This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Changing professional practice
  • 1 Changing professional practice
  • 2 Making care digital
  • 2 Making care digital
  • 3 Technology and practice
  • 3 Technology and practice
  • 4 Critical perspectives on incorporating technology
  • 4 Critical perspectives on incorporating technology
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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