Course Syllabus

Schedule at a glance
Slides, Recordings and Handouts
Presentations and Discussions

CSE 190/291

 Human-Centered Computing for Health

Prof. Nadir Weibel, weibel@ucsd.edu

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Course Syllabus

Synopsis

This course is designed to develop an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of what it means to introduce and study technology across health and healthcare. Students will be exposed to a variety of real-world examples, gain a user-centered understanding from multiple points of view, and develop the skills needed to design solutions to solve real problems.

The focus of HC4H is to learn how to use Human-Centered Design (HCD) to design and develop technology at the intersection of computer science and health. Students will learn regulations, ethic protocols, and methodologies to help them bridge technology and health. By the end of the class, students will have developed a design prototype and proposed solution to address a real-world problem.

 

Goals

By the end of the quarter students will gain:

      • Comprehensive understanding of ethics, privacy, and research regulations required to work in the healthcare field
      • First-person experience in real-world medical settings and an understanding of the role of technology within them
      • Comprehensive understanding of human-centered fieldwork in healthcare
      • Exposure to a variety of methods useful for the collection of data from medical environments
      • Knowledge to propose technology-centered research in the healthcare setting
      • Clear understanding of how to plan to study or address a real-world problem in healthcare through technology

Textbooks and Readings

Both books are accessible as PDF for free online.
Additional Readings:

 

Weekly Assignments

Every week (starting in week 3) 2-3 CSE 291 students will lead the online discussion and give a presentation on the topic of the week. Every student in the class (both CSE 190 and 291) are required to participate in the online discussion following one of the assigned perspective: Patient/User, Healthcare Professional,  Technologist/Designer, Bioethicist, or Entrepreneur. Detailed information and perspective assignments are described in the following page: Presentations and Discussions.

 

Teams

HC4H consists of both team assignments and a final group project.

By the start of week 3, students will form teams. Each team will consist of 2 to 3 students. Students should have common interests, but complementary skillsets. In order to form a team students should join one of the predefined teams that is available under the People section, linked on the left-hand menu.

By the end of week 3, each team will have chosen a domain/focus as well as project name. Teams will create a public website to showcase their final proposal.

 

Schedule at a Glance

Course Summary:

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