Design thinking for Healthcare Innovation: Focusing on Identifying and Inventing for the Unmet Need

Course Description & Learning Outcomes

​​​Biodesign for Healthcare Innovation: Focusing on Identifying and Inventing for the Unmet Need is jointly presented by SGInnovate and Singapore Biodesign.​​ This workshop will provide health and medtech innovators, including healthcare professionals, researchers, engineers and budding healthcare entrepreneurs with a deeper appreciation of the design thinking approach to early stage healthcare innovation by layering on a structured framework for empathi​s​​ ​ing and identifying an unmet healthcare need, brainstorming and evaluating ideas towards developing well-defined and validated healthcare solutions. By the end of this module, you should be able to: - ​Demonstrate ability to apply design thinking and needs analysis to unmet healthcare/clinical needs.​ - ​Articulate the necessary needs research by drafting a preliminary needs specification document​ - ​Apply ideation strategies to brainstorm possible healthcare solutions and where it would meet gaps in the patient/user journey​ - ​Screen concepts using relevant parameters pertinent to the innovation.​ - ​Assess technology to design and develop functional proof-of-concept prototypes​