Course overview
Innovating health is a level 3 core course for the BHMS (advanced) program - designed to give you skills to become leaders in all fields of human health. The course teaches you skills and approaches to translate a concept into reality, including: how to identify and evaluate opportunities; the attributes and thinking patterns of successful innovators; evaluating actual and potential solutions and their impact; identifying and obtaining the resources you actually need to deliver a project; working in teams and utilising your networks; written and oral presentation skills.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe the key concepts of innovation in health.
- Critically evaluate potential and existing solutions to problems in human health from an innovation perspective.
- Develop an innovation plan.
- Evaluate cultural and ethical issues in human health innovation.
- Demonstrate oral and written communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.