Updates and Guidance
For operational updates and health guidance from the University, please visit the COVID-19 Resource Guide.
To learn more about our spring term, please visit the Updates for Students page.
For operational updates and health guidance from the University, please visit the COVID-19 Resource Guide.
To learn more about our spring term, please visit the Updates for Students page.
Enabling Safer Medical Care in a World Shaped by COVID-19
COVID-19 has changed our world. The last few months have demonstrated how dangerous it can be for healthcare workers to interact directly with patients. Also, the new inherent risks of accessing medical care at a healthcare facility present a new challenge for patients and their support network.
Your goal is to design a product, process, or service to make and receive medical care safer.
Think broadly, and then articulate a specific challenge. Examples might include:
Work with faculty leads to identify specific goals and customers, learn from primary and secondary sources about problems with current solutions (cost, sterilizability, usability, design, reliability, regulatory and reimbursement requirements), design and prototype a solution and evaluate it with experts, present a prototype and vision for how your idea will enable safer medical care. [We highly recommend that your team includes at least one person with previous experience in human-centered design or that you join http://designatcolumbia.com/ to learn about the process]
Your efforts will be judged according to: