Development of Digital health foundations course for medical students

Overview The Australian Digital Health Agency is seeking a supplier to develop a Digital Health Foundations course for medical students enrolled in a primary medical degree, such as an MBBS or MD. Purpose The purpose of this course is to provide medical students with foundational knowledge and skills to navigate the evolving digital health landscape, including an introduction to My Health Record and its role in clinical practice and patient care. The course is to be a foundational level course, informed by and mapped to elements of the Toolkit, and designed so that educators can incorporate it into their course curricula to achieve standardised digital health learning outcomes for medical students. The course should aim to provide students with competence in using digital tools in healthcare as they transition from university into clinical practice. The developed course must be suitable for integration into Australian medical degrees and support achievement of learning outcomes consistent with applicable AQF requirements and accreditation standards. The Agency intends for suppliers to leverage existing materials wherever possible in developing this foundational course. The Agency has a fixed maximum budget to deliver this course and would like to adopt a streamlined approach to meet this objective. Scope This project will deliver a ready to use online course for medical students that will: Teach foundational digital health knowledge and skills, including utilising My Health Record Include relevant use cases and scenarios applicable within the digital health context Embed formative and summative assessment to measure learning outcomes Facilitate self-paced learning All creative and eLearning build work will be carried out by the Agency's eLearning designers. The Agency's preferred approach to the project is outlined below, however the Agency is open to negotiation regarding alternative approaches. Phase 1: Project Establishment Bringing together key panel members and stakeholders to develop the project plan, define objectives and agree roles Reviewing a draft timeline, discussing communication strategies, and clarifying individual responsibilities Forming a cross-sector consultation group to ensure the foundational course curriculum is aligned with national health strategies and responsive to industry needs Phase 2: Develop Prototype Course Design Plan Mapping existing Australian Digital Health Agency eLearning materials against the Toolkit, applicable AQF levels, and the Capability Framework on Digital Health in Medicine, covering Domain 1 (Digital Professionalism), Domain 2 (Leadership and Advocacy), Domain 3 (Data and Information Quality), Domain 4 (Information-Enabled Care), and Domain 5 (Technology) Identifying content gaps, overlaps, and opportunities to strengthen alignment with medical student digital health competencies Engaging an expert panel of university faculty and key stakeholders to validate the content mapping and ensure alignment with academic and workforce expectations Developing a prototype course design incorporating mapped content, learning outcomes, assessment approaches, and recommended learning pathways Preparing the prototype course for industry consultation, stakeholder review, and co-design activities Phase 3: Stakeholder Consultation Obtaining comprehensive stakeholder input on the prototype course through focus group interviews with educators, industry leaders, digital health experts, education specialists, student representatives, and healthcare consumers Conducting focus group interviews with at least 20 university sector partners to undertake a gap analysis of the prototype course Phase 4: Content Creation and Co-design Reviewing Agency draft course designs throughout the development process, providing content and feedback to support ongoing refinement and alignment with project objectives Undertaking an iterative co-design approach through weekly meetings between Agency learning designers and the project team Reviewing and updating assessment activities associated with the learning resources to ensure relevance, authenticity, and alignment with intended learning outcomes and digital health competencies Phase 5: Pilot Developing and agreeing a pilot evaluation methodology to assess the effectiveness, relevance, and usability of the course, including a data collection approach and evaluation tools such as surveys and feedback instruments Conducting the pilot with medical students, collecting a minimum of 100 completed feedback surveys Seeking feedback from a minimum of 20 university sector stakeholders, including university educators, to capture perspectives on content quality, curriculum alignment, and workforce relevance Using pilot findings to inform recommendations for course refinement and broader implementation Phase 6: Final Report Preparing a final report summarising pilot findings, participant feedback, evaluation outcomes, and recommendations for improvements to course content, learning activities, assessments, and overall learner experience Including a case study demonstrating how the course supported the development and application of digital health capabilities in a workplace setting Providing recommendations for future modules, delivery and implementation approaches, and adaptation of assessment tools for medical students across other universities and education providers Outlining key considerations and recommendations to support a future national rollout of the course across the Australian university sector Information Requested Each proposed phase of the project is to include a set of activities and measurable deliverables. The number of phases and details of deliverables are to be detailed in the tenderer's response. Enquiries Procurement Contact Officer: TenderResponses@digitalhealth.gov.au