Learning Goals
Students will be able to investigate healthcare barriers faced by a vulnerable patient group using interviews, observations, and survey data to identify patterns of need and equity concerns.
Students will be able to analyze social determinants of health and patient context to explain how access, language, income, disability, caregiver support, and transportation affect care outcomes.
Students will be able to explain how selected anatomy and physiology systems, including nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, immune, and mental health systems, are affected by chronic stress or trauma in the patient scenario.
Students will be able to define a clear problem statement and prioritized criteria and constraints for a healthcare solution that responds to stakeholder needs and real-world limitations.
Students will be able to generate multiple solution ideas and compare trade-offs in feasibility, safety, cost, accessibility, reliability, and cultural responsiveness for a healthcare innovation.
Students will be able to prototype and test a low-tech or digital healthcare solution and use user feedback and evidence to refine the design.
Students will be able to justify a healthcare design decision using research findings, patient advocacy principles, professional ethics, and stakeholder feedback.
Students will be able to collaborate with peers and community partners to refine a shared healthcare solution and communicate its value to authentic stakeholders.
Products
Patient Research Brief and Low-Tech Prototype Sketch
Each student creates a concise research brief grounded in firsthand evidence from interviews, observations, and surveys, then designs one low-tech or digital prototype sketch that responds to the identified patient need. The product must show how user evidence, anatomy/physiology connections, and criteria/constraints shaped the idea.
Healthcare Innovation Expo Pitch Board and Testable Prototype
Teams produce a shared problem statement, a collaboratively developed higher-fidelity prototype or service solution, and an expo-ready pitch board explaining how the design addresses patient needs, safety, access, ethics, and feasibility. The package should trace team decisions back to individual research and user feedback.
No rubric has been generated yet.