Compulsory Subjects
- Gain comprehensive understanding of the various digital health technologies
- Role of telemedicine in improving healthcare accessibility, enhancing patient-provider communication, and delivering remote care solutions to address geographical and demographic disparities
- Potential of mobile health (mHealth) applications and devices in monitoring patients' health, promoting preventive care, and facilitating personalised treatment plans
- Explore the applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare
- Fundamental knowledge in adaptive technology in vision science
- Latest developments in adaptive technology in vision science
- Hands-on learning opportunities and practical applications of adaptive technology in vision science in various fields
- Skills and knowledge necessary to for applying adaptive technology in vision science to professional practice
- Entrepreneurship in the ophthalmic industry
- The entrepreneurial process, including financing, marketing, and sales
- Legal and ethical issues, and challenges in sustainable innovation
- Advanced knowledge, skills, and analysis in primary health care
- Scope of ophthalmic health care
- Population health strategies to improve eye and vision health
- New primary care approaches, including co-management, interdisciplinary care, and telehealth
- Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
- Key principles and techniques for all stages of the research process in both methodologies
- Design and conduct simple research projects across disciplines
- Develop analytical and research skills to incorporate evidence-based practice in vision science
- Utilise innovative approaches and/or technologies to devise creative solutions to research challenges
- Introduction to professional integrity, ethical guidelines, and codes of conduct for application in research, professional, and personal contexts
Elective Subjects
- Advanced knowledge of the key features of the human visual system
- Comprehensive understanding of vision science
- Foster the ability to analyse current frontiers of research in the field
- Insight into advanced, cutting-edge technologies in eye and biomedical research
- Up-to-date knowledge of various advanced approaches
- Understanding the phenomenon and physiology of eye growth and myopia
- Experimental and clinical methods for controlling refractive errors
- Core concepts of the anatomy, physiology, and function of the visual system, with emphasis on retinal circuitry
- Mechanisms by which the retina enables both image-forming and non-image-forming functions
- Molecular events regulating retinal function in normal and diseased states
- Retinal processes within the visual system
- Concept of artificial intelligence and data analytics
- Fundamental knowledge of artificial intelligence techniques
- Clinical problem formulation and essential data analytic skills
- Trends in technical development of medical artificial intelligence
- Opportunities and risks in the field
- Main concepts, ideas and techniques of artificial intelligence
- Facilitate the implementation of some basic AI techniques
- Theoretical and practical issues in human factors for designing human-computer interfaces
- Nature of human-computer interaction, including human characteristics, computer system and interface architecture
- Skills in designing, developing, and evaluating user interfaces
- Fundamental principles on the aspects of interdisciplinary research
- Knowledge of how to develop artificial intelligent systems which automate tasks that the human visual system can do
- Understand the relevant state of art technologies and gain experience throughout a variety of case studies
- Fundamental and advanced concepts and techniques of artificial intelligence
- Solve important problems using comprehensive AI techniques
- Public and private data repositories, search algorithms, and analysis tools in bioinformatics
- Integration and application of computational knowledge and techniques to healthcare applications
- Explores the relationship between economic theory and design practice
- Examines how economic theory influences government and business policies, and in turn shapes how design is perceived
- Introduces an updated role for design through a transformed economic paradigm
- Provides a framework for understanding economic principles within design practice
- Introduces Human Cyber-Physical Systems (HCPS) and Human-in-The-Loop Cyber-Physical System (HiTLCPS)
- Explores the integration of devices, systems, data, and humans
- Key principles in the design and construction of HCPS
- Examines applications, implications, and limitations of HCPS
- Introduce futures forecasting in experience and service design
- Trend analysis, environmental scanning, and key forecasting tools
- Examine factors including technological, socio-cultural, political, economic, environmental, and legal trends
- Use scenario planning and speculative design to explore possible futures
- Apply service design methods to prototype future experiences and support strategic planning
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