ADHA 7065 AI and Emerging Technologies: Ethical Applications in Products, Services, and Marketing

Healthcare industry is undergoing transformation with innovative digital technologies and solutions driving care, improving operations, solving problems, and developing treatments and cures. Designed to address the rapidlychanging healthcare landscape and increasing demand across the health ecosystem, the Product Developmentand Marketing course will provide a practical overview of the foundational Product Development and marketingdisciplines and their applications to healthcare, pharma, biotech and MedTech industries in the digital age. Students will learn various Product Strategy and Development, Product Rollout and Communication strategies andplanning, Market and Consumer Research and Analysis, Market Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning, ProductDesign and User Experience, and explore tools and methods to measure the impact and value of productdevelopment, marketing, and communications.

Course overview

Department
Advancing Studies
School
ADV
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Periodically

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
3.83 / 5 · Very Good
12 responses
Instructor rating
3.92 / 5 · Very Good
12 responses
Terms evaluated
3
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Anna Xia3.63.84.64.44.84.24.44.310+ hrs/week5 of 13
Fall 2024Anna Xia5.05.05.05.05.05.05.0—10+ hrs/week1 of 2
Spring 2024Anna Xia3.83.84.34.34.34.34.33.310+ hrs/week6 of 6

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Anna Xia
    Spring 2026, Spring 2024, 2024FALL1 · Official rating 3.92/5