Design Thinking for Healthcare Innovation: an Overview

By the end of this module, you should be able to

• Demonstrates ability to apply design thinking and needs analysis to unmet healthcare/clinical needs.
• Understand the importance of a well-crafted user needs specification and design a preliminary user needs specification document.
• Apply ideation strategies to brainstorm possible healthcare solutions and where it would meet gaps in the patient/user journey
• Recognize pertinent nuances towards health and medtech innovation that are unique to this specialty.

What You'll Learn

The purpose of the Health & MedTech Innovation Workshop "Design Thinking for Healthcare Innovation: An Overview" is to equip budding health & medtech innovators with or without prior innovation experience with basic level knowledge relating to the product development competency under the Health and Medtech Innovation Skills and Competencies whitepaper as well as DSN-ACE-3014-1.1 Design Thinking Practice Technical Skills and Competencies.

This workshop will provide learners with an understanding of the fundamentals of healthcare innovation and the knowhow to apply a structured and validated design thinking practice framework towards healthcare innovation projects in its exploration and concept phase.

By the end of the workshop, budding health & medtech innovators will be able to describe a design thinking process of empathy, identify, invent and implement and its application towards health and medtech innovation. Learners will also be able to recognise key considerations in describing and understanding a clinical need and evaluating potential solutions.

Minimum Entry Requirement

Diploma for Health Care Professionals

At least a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent for all other professions and disciplines