Healthcare and Design

Postgraduate

In London

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

 This new course is designed to equip students from a wide range of professional practice backgrounds with the tools and techniques to instigate and lead innovation in healthcare systems, services and spaces.

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Location

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London
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South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ

Start date

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About this course

This new course is designed to equip students from a wide range of professional practice backgrounds with the tools and techniques to instigate and lead innovation in healthcare systems, services and spaces. In doing so, we’ll provide you with a greater understanding of the UK health system and the systemic challenges it faces to remain sustainable. You’ll also gain an understanding of behavioural economics and how to apply that to design projects in order to maximise impact. This includes understanding the role of physical products and the environment in shaping people’s behavior. Some of the skills covered by the course include the ability to: develop a business case and business model for an innovation, considering market and financial analysis apply different theoretical models of innovation, explaining why some innovations succeed and others fail rapidly research, manufacture and prototype a solution to a healthcare challenge The course draws on the complementary knowledge and expertise of Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art (RCA), and will be delivered at Imperial’s campuses in South Kensington and St Mary’s as well as at the RCA campus in South Kensington. This MSc runs alongside an MRes degree awarded by the Royal College of Art. Imperial’s course has been designed for clinicians and healthcare professionals, while the RCA’s MRes is aimed at design professionals. Both courses build on the partnership between Imperial and the RCA, which comes to life in the HELIX Centre – a design studio in St Mary’s Hospital bringing designers and clinicians together for the first time to solve healthcare challenges. A key aim of the HELIX Centre is to drive more innovative approaches to healthcare service delivery with better design and planning, more efficient use of resources and greater focus on patient need.

All applicants must apply online. You can usually apply for up to two courses, although your second choice will only be considered if your first-choice application is unsuccessful. Most courses don't have a formal closing date, but popular courses close when they are full, so you should apply early to avoid disappointment. There may also be funding deadlines that apply to you. You will need to upload documents with your applications, which may include transcripts and degree...

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Design
  • Healthcare
  • Innovation
  • Project

Course programme

The course is delivered part-time over two years, with eight individual weeks of intensive teaching (four blocks of two weeks).

You will also undertake a 10–15,000 word research project, which will include a 15-minute oral presentation with questions as part of the assessment.

The majority of taught modules (six out of eight modules) are shared between this course and the RCA’s MRes course for design professionals.

There are two introductory modules designed specifically for each cohort to introduce the principles of design and healthcare respectively.

Core modules

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

You will undertake four core modules during each year of study, involving face-to-face teaching through lectures, seminars, tutorials, case‐based discussions and practical sessions. The modules currently offered are:

Year 1
  • Introduction to principles of design and innovation (RCA)
  • Introduction to design led innovation in healthcare (RCA)
  • A health research toolkit (Imperial)
  • A health business toolkit (Imperial)
Year 2
  • Innovation (Imperial)
  • Design dash (Imperial)
  • Designing for behaviour change (Imperial)
  • Leadership (Imperial)

Methods used to assess your performance in the taught element of the course will include:

  • Individual presentations (following group work)
  • Written assessments – including critical reflection, literature review, or topical essay
Research project

The research project (which is worth 30 ECTS and one third of your overall mark) will be supervised by Imperial but with the option of having a second supervisor from the RCA.

You will be encouraged to undertake this research project in your workplace. To manage this we may use ‘subject experts’ within your workplace to provide additional support.

Healthcare and Design

Price on request