Overview
The purpose of the Health & MedTech Innovation Workshop “Introduction to Biodesign for Healthcare Innovation” is to equip budding health and 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.
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 and medtech innovators will be able to describe a design thinking process of empathy, identify, invent, and implement it, and apply it to health and medtech innovation. Learners will also be able to recognise key considerations in describing and understanding a clinical need and evaluating potential solutions.
Course Description & Learning Outcomes
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.
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
Schedule
Date: 15 Jan 2025, Wednesday
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (GMT +8:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
Location: To be informed upon confirmation, NA
Skills Covered
PROFICIENCY LEVEL GUIDE
Beginner: Introduce the subject matter without the need to have any prerequisites.
Proficient: Requires learners to have prior knowledge of the subject.
Expert: Involves advanced and more complex understanding of the subject.
- Design Thinking (Proficiency level: Beginner)
