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Global Health Innovations SpecializationImperial College London

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This course reflects on global health challenges and the role of innovative solutions in addressing them. By engaging in this course, you will be able to describe the principles and key types of innovation in order to characterise the fundamental features of new models of care and technologies. 
This course will review the basic features and principles of healthcare innovation. You'll be examining innovations developed to address global health challenges, ranging from simple low-cost technologies readily deployed in resource constrained settings to more complex combinations of organizational, business model and technology innovations. Throughout this course, you'll also consider how adoption and diffusion is influenced by social, economic and political factors and explore what is required to get an innovation in to practice, effectively, at scale.

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Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

What you will learn

Describe the principles and key types of innovation in order to characterise the fundamental features of new models of care or technologies.

Consider the key factors that influence the adoption and scaling up of different types of healthcare innovations

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Global Health Innovations Specialization

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Beginner Level

Approx. 20 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

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Dr Matthew Harris

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Public Health

School of Public Health

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Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a world top ten university with an international reputation for excellence in science, engineering, medicine and business. located in the heart of London. Imperial is a multidisciplinary space for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle global challenges.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

7 hours to complete

INNOVATION VS. INVENTION

You will learn the difference between innovation and invention and the steps involved in the process of innovation. You'll also be provided with an overview of the challenges in healthcare innovation, the difference between technology for health and health technology, and the ways an innovation can be categorised.

7 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 14 min), 8 readings, 2 quizzes

3 videos

Welcome to Global Health Innovation3m

Innovation and invention: what is the difference?6m

What makes an innovation, an innovation?4m

8 readings

About Imperial College 5m

About the Global Health Innovations Team10m

How to be successful in this course?10m

Grading Policy10m

Glossary10m

What is an innovation?1h 30m

What are some ways to classify an innovation?1h

Should innovation always occur?45m

2 practice exercises

Is it an innovation or not?20m

Test your knowledge on innovation30m

Week

Week 2

6 hours to complete

TYPES OF INNOVATION - DISRUPTIVE, FRUGAL AND REVERSE

You will learn about the different types of innovation that exist including disruptive, frugal and reverse innovation.

6 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 31 min), 4 readings, 4 quizzes

6 videos

What are disruptive innovations?6m

The development of a frugal innovation - Arbutus Drill: Interview with Florin Gheorghe8m

An expert's views on the meaning of frugal innovation: Interview with Dr Yasser Bhatti 3m

Defining characteristics of frugal innovation: Interview with Dr Yasser Bhatti 4m

What is reverse innovation?4m

The challenge of reverse innovation4m

4 readings

Is Uber a disruptive innovation?45m

Are these disruptive innovations? - check your answers10m

Defining frugal innovation10m

The ten core competencies of frugal innovation1h 30m

4 practice exercises

Defining disruptive innovation20m

Are these frugal innovations? Part II20m

What is a reverse innovation?10m

Test your knowledge on disruptive, frugal and reverse innovation30m

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALISATION

You will learn about design thinking, what is involved in the design process, what is required to take a product to market, and the differences between key roles in a business (e.g. CEO vs COO).

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 42 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

5 videos

Design thinking5m

Design thinking in healthcare: Interview with Matt Harrison14m

Challenges in design projects: Interview with Matt Harrison7m

The process of making an innovation available4m

Arbutus Drill going to market: Interview with Florin Gheorghe10m

2 readings

Design Thinking45m

Arbutus Drill - who’s involved in the enterprise?20m

1 practice exercise

Test your knowledge on product development and commercialisation30m

Week

Week 4

3 hours to complete

GETTING AN INNOVATION INTO PRACTICE

You will learn about diffusion, the strengths and limitations of Rogers' framework explaining the S-curve, and factors that affect the diffusion of an innovation through Rogers' and Greenhalgh et al.'s frameworks.

3 hours to complete

1 video (Total 5 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

1 video

Diffusion of innovations4m

2 readings

Rogers' framework for the diffusion of innovation20m

Critiquing Rogers' framework30m

1 practice exercise

Test your knowledge on diffusion and scaling30m

About the Global Health Innovations Specialization

This specialisation reflects on global health challenges and the role of innovative solutions in addressing them. It is intended for public health professionals, budding entrepreneurs and innovators, as well as those interested in understanding the role innovation plays in the health industry.

The specialisation begins by providing learners with the ‘nuts and bolts’ of technology and innovation management, including key definitions and terminologies. You'll then examine ethical dimensions of innovation and explore how innovations can be supported through effective financing, protection and other incentives to support entrepreneurship. The specialisation will include in-depth examination of a variety of innovation case studies, using a variety of theoretical and practical frameworks, to understand what makes an innovation more likely to be adopted. You will also explore entrepreneurship and the skills necessary to take an idea through to invention and then innovation - and how to galvanise support for it. By the end of the specialisation, you will be able to consider, in detail, and using appropriate terminology and frameworks, a particular innovation, explaining its added value in a particular context and in a persuasive manner.

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A Guide to Healthcare Innovation: Principles and Practice