Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector (5cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

The course progresses according to the student's timetable.

Objective

Purpose:
You understand the importance of your role as part of ensuring digital security in the social and health care sector.

Goals:
You recognized know common cyber threats in the health sector and how to protect, based on human activity, information systems from them.
You are able to develop your digital security expertise
You are able to develop and manage digitally safe working methods and operating models in the work community.
You are able to evaluate and promote ethical factors related to digital solutions

Competences:
Ethics ( Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.)
Proactive development (Is able to analyse the current situation and anticipate the future of their field and changes in the operating environment., Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining competence in different fields..)

Sustainable development (Is able to analyse and assess systemic dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions., -Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work community.)

Operating in workplace (Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development and management..)

Content

Cybersecurity threats in the health sector.
The role of supervisors and employees in ensuring cybersecurity.
Digital security and ethics.

Location and time

The course is fully online.

Materials

Best Practices for Communicating Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities to Patients. 2021. Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Viitattu 6.1.2023. https://www.fda.gov/media/152608/download

Blek, T. & Solankallio-Vahteri, T. 2022. Terveydenhuollon hoitohenkilöstön tieto- ja kyberturvallisuusosaaminen. FinJeHeW 2022;14(4). Viitattu 3.1.2023. https://journal.fi/finjehew/article/view/115829/75799.

Kyberhäiriöiden hallinta. Käsikirja terveydenhuollon toimijoille. N.d. Viitattu 28.11.2022. https://jyvsectec.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/kyberhairioiden-hallinta-kasikirja-terveydenhuollon-toimijoille.pdf.

Kyberturvallisuus. Ohje sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon toimijoille. 2019. Vuorinen, Sari (toim.). Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön julkaisuja 2019:14. Viitattu 28.11.2022. https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/161683.

Teaching methods

Independent work based on the course material.
The course material consists of recorded online lectures, written material, podcasts and videos.

Employer connections

The written learning assignment of the course is based on your own / other suitable workplace.

Exam schedules

The course does not include an exam.

International connections

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Completion alternatives

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Student workload

Independent study, online tests and written assignment 135 hours ( 5 ects).

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

This course is graded as Pass/Fail, marked as S (Pass) or 0 (Fail).

S (Pass):
You can identify the most common cybersecurity threats in the health sector and under-stand the methods used to protect against them.
You demonstrate the ability to develop digitally secure working practices.
You critically reflect on the ethical aspects related to the adoption of digital solutions.

0 (Fail):
The student does not achieve the competence goals of the course