Reimagining the Future of Health Together

The final course in the minor looks to bring all your learnings across the first three courses into an epic real-world project with one of our many partners and collaborators. In this course, you will learn how to apply your learnings to present the potential for something new and different that might improve people’s experiences.

DESN713

Points:

15

Level:

7

Learning Hours:

150

Start Dates:

2025

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Content

Acknowledging design as messy and healthcare as complex, course content will introduce best practice in prototyping experience-driven solutions in real-world contexts, opening new possibilities to seed mana-enhancing and transformative change. Support is made to employ strategic leadership and collaborative skills to change and reshape existing structures and processes.

Learning Outcomes

1. Conceptualise, design and execute a self-directed design for health project.

2. Demonstrate a critical awareness of a range of design for health concepts, ideas and their practical application.

3. Demonstrate the use of analytical and critical methods to evaluate and synthesise practice.

4. Contribute to a community of practice, founded on the principles and practices of mātauranga Māori, of manaakitanga (care), motuhaketanga (self-determination) and kōrero pono (speaking truthfully).

5. Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of appropriate technologies for the Design for Health minor.

Reimagining the Future of Health Together

The final course in the minor looks to bring all your learnings across the first three courses into an epic real-world project with one of our many partners and collaborators. In this course, you will learn how to apply your learnings to present the potential for something new and different that might improve people’s experiences.

Content

Acknowledging design as messy and healthcare as complex, course content will introduce best practice in prototyping experience-driven solutions in real-world contexts, opening new possibilities to seed mana-enhancing and transformative change. Support is made to employ strategic leadership and collaborative skills to change and reshape existing structures and processes.

Learning Outcomes

1. Conceptualise, design and execute a self-directed design for health project.

2. Demonstrate a critical awareness of a range of design for health concepts, ideas and their practical application.

3. Demonstrate the use of analytical and critical methods to evaluate and synthesise practice.

4. Contribute to a community of practice, founded on the principles and practices of mātauranga Māori, of manaakitanga (care), motuhaketanga (self-determination) and kōrero pono (speaking truthfully).

5. Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of appropriate technologies for the Design for Health minor.

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DESN713

Points:

15

Level:

7

Learning Hours:

150

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