A Blended Approach to Design Education through Clinical Immersions and Industry Partnerships in Design for Healthcare

Autor/inn/en	Kiernan, Louise; White, Eoin; Morrissey, Kellie
Titel	A Blended Approach to Design Education through Clinical Immersions and Industry Partnerships in Design for Healthcare
Quelle	In: Design and Technology Education, 26 (2021) 3, S.294-312 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kiernan, Louise)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-1431
Schlagwörter	Blended Learning; Design; Partnerships in Education; Online Courses; Interdisciplinary Approach; Work Experience; Barriers; Teaching Methods; Education Work Relationship; School Business Relationship; Health Services; Facilities; Feedback (Response); Cooperation; Standards; Masters Programs; Obstetrics; Gynecology; Equipment; Medical Services; Empathy; Clinical Experience; Research Skills; Patients; Ethics; Human Dignity; Health Personnel; Human Factors Engineering; Specialists; Criticism; Outcomes of Education; COVID-19; Pandemics; Hospitals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulpartnerschaft; Online course; Online-Kurs; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Co-operation; Kooperation; Standard; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Geburtshilfe; Gynäkologie; Arzt; Empathie; Forschungsleistung; Patient; Ethik; Menschenwürde; Medizinisches Personal; Kritik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus
Abstract	Contemporary design education seeks to prepare students for the workplace through studiobased learning that replicates real world practice. Design problems in the workplace have become increasingly complex and one example of this is within the area of design for healthcare, which requires multidisciplinary collaboration between various stakeholders to build knowledge in order to create new products, services systems and spaces. The complexity of these roles creates challenges for design educators in preparing students for the workplace. This paper presents a hybrid approach to address this challenge by presenting a real-world approach to design education. This entails a bottom-up approach to facilitate design research in a clinical setting to gather rich insights and needs of the clinical setting along with a top-down industry collaboration with sponsored briefs to guide students through the requirements of developing solutions in a heavily regulated field. The paper outlines examples of this process and how it was achieved in a blended model that was predominantly online in response to the changed environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The advantages of this model are threefold, students gain deep knowledge and skills through collaborating with a variety of stakeholders within health care, they gain the opportunity to validate their designs through testing and feedback with these partners and lastly students develop the connections to create opportunities for further partnerships and employment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01