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There is no doubt that digital health is drawing the attention of both patients and medical professionals. Given that digital health technologies are somewhat new members of the medical technology landscape, it is reasonable to ask “Is digital health taught in medical schools?” This book chapter answers this question by first looking at the evolution and the nature of medical technologies. It then presents the results of a systematic analysis that investigated the extent to which top-ranked medical schools around the world offer digital health classes as part of their curricula. The topic is then analyzed through the lens of a physician and from a medical education perspective. Mindful that digital health offerings are limited, an example of a digital health curriculum is presented and described. This chapter ends with a discussion on the future of medical schools and the place of engineering and computing as part of medical education.
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Boillat, T., Otaki, F., Kellett, C. (2023). Medical Schools and Digital Health. In: Rivas, H., Boillat, T. (eds) Digital Health. Health Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17666-1_12
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