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Innovative Problem Solving & Design Thinking for Health
HCM 782.1

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Description

The capacity to innovate is critical in today's rapidly changing healthcare environment. Design thinking is a disciplined approach to innovation that has been adopted by leading healthcare organizations (e.g. Mayo Clinic, Kaiser, IBM Watson Health) and government agencies (e.g. CDC, HHS). In contrast to a traditional approach to problem solving that focuses on deciding among known solutions, an innovative approach seeks the best solution possible given available resources, time, and team competencies. Innovative problem solving maximizes learning to reduce uncertainty by focusing on generation of new alternatives, experimentation, and exploration of multiple solutions. This course includes a mix of individual and group exercises in class as well as a series of assignments that enable students to effectively use innovation tools, acquire skills, and adopt mindsets that complement the analytical approaches developed in other courses.

Course restriction: HCM students only

School Harvard Chan School
Credits 1.25
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Course Component Discussion
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HSPH Ordinal
Course Requirements HSPH: HCM Only