Global health design: Clinical immersion, opportunity identification and definition, and design experiences

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dc.contributor.authorSienko, K.H.
dc.contributor.authorYoung, M.R.
dc.contributor.authorEffah Kaufmann, E.
dc.contributor.authorObed, S.
dc.contributor.authorDanso, K.A.
dc.contributor.authorOpare-Addo, H.S.
dc.contributor.authorOdoi, A.T.
dc.contributor.authorTurpin, C.A.
dc.contributor.authorKonney, T.et.al.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-16T10:22:37Z
dc.date.available2019-07-16T10:22:37Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractWe have developed an experiential learning global healthdesign program that emphasizes direct interactions with stakeholders and firsthand exposure to the contexts in which solutions will be implemented. Students in the program gain practical hands-on experience identifying and defining unmet global health needs in low-resource settings, and apply human-centered and co-creative design approaches. Device designs that incorporate rigorously collected and analyzed first-hand data from diverse users and stakeholders rather than anecdotal or poorly represented information are more effective at meeting true needs. To date, more than 100 undergraduate student participants have identified hundreds of needs in collaboration with sub-Saharan and Asian healthcare providers. Approximately 400students from the U.S., Ghana, Ethiopia, and Ugandahave contributed to the generation of technology concept solutions to address these needs. Program outcomes include approximately100student design projects completed at multiple institutions, student-led design-based conference publications and journal articles, device commercialization, and peer-to-peer mentoring within traditional capstone design courses. In this paper we describe the curricular elements of the clinical immersion and design ethnography experience. Additionally, we describe programmatic best practices that have emerged over the past 10 years and challenges students encounter when performing this front-end design worken_US
dc.identifier.otherVol.34(2), pp 780-800
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/31471
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Engineering Educationen_US
dc.subjectEngineering designen_US
dc.subjectNeeds findingen_US
dc.subjectImmersionen_US
dc.subjectProject-based learningen_US
dc.subjectExperiential learningen_US
dc.subjectGlobal healthen_US
dc.titleGlobal health design: Clinical immersion, opportunity identification and definition, and design experiencesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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