Run 1: Design Thinking for Healthcare Innovation: Focusing on Identifying and Inventing for the Unmet Need

Equip health and medtech innovators, including healthcare professionals, researchers, engineers, and budding healthcare entrepreneurs, with knowledge of the product development competency under the Health and Medtech Innovation Skills and Competencies whitepaper.

This workshop will provide participants with a deeper appreciation of the design thinking approach to early-stage healthcare innovation by layering on a structured framework for empathising and identifying an unmet healthcare need, brainstorming and evaluating ideas towards developing well-defined and validated healthcare solutions.

Learning Outcomes

• 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.