General provisions

The course is part of Uppsala University's work within the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Health and targets both professionals and students at all disciplines.

Entry requirements

A minimum of 120 credits. English proficiency, normally attested by means of an internationally recognised test such as TOEFL or IELTS.

Learning outcomes

Learning Outcomes

The course aims at providing in-depth knowledge about health innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as skills to develop innovative solutions to challenges with relevance to health, health care and quality of life. Interdisciplinary teams of course participants will, in association with stakeholders, identify needs-based problems and in dialogue with target groups (public and patient involvement, PPI) develop solutions for identified problems. Feedback on process and proposed solutions are given by teachers and mentors, course participants (peer learning) and the potential end-users.

After passing the course, the student should be able to

• Identify problems and challenges with relevant to health and care based on existing settings in, for example, the public and private sector,
• Plan, implement and apply methodology for an innovation project with a user focus and within given timeframes
• Understand the importance of and utilize the knowledge and experience of interdisciplinary groups in developing creative innovation projects
• Compile, use and critically interpret relevant information for the innovation project
• Give oral and written presentations adapted to different kinds of target groups
• Give constructive feedback to oral and written presentations given by other course participants.

Content

With the citizen's needs in focus and gained knowledge about health innovation, the course participants identify, plan, carries through and evaluate a relevant health innovation project. As support for the work, theory and practical introduction about methods on how to co-create with the intended user of the innovation solution are provided. Theoretical discussions are combined with practical work on how to energize creativity in innovative processes and how project groups can enable productive collaboration. Ideas are tested through meetings with needs-providers, mentors from innovation support organisations and the final solutions is presented to a panel of evaluators and end-users.

Instruction

Place visits, lectures, seminars, project work in teams. Teaching is in English

Assessment

Written test, active participation in mandatory assignments and completion of a project according to instructions (3 credits). Oral and written reports (2 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.