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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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Global Health Innovations Specialization

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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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Approx. 20 hours to complete

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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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Week1

Week 1

7 hours to complete

INNOVATION VS. INVENTION

7 hours to complete

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

3 videos

Welcome to Global Health Innovation3mInnovation and invention: what is the difference?6mWhat makes an innovation, an innovation?4m

8 readings

About Imperial College 5mAbout the Global Health Innovations Team10mHow to be successful in this course?10mGrading Policy10mGlossary10mWhat is an innovation?1h 30mWhat are some ways to classify an innovation?1hShould innovation always occur?45m

2 practice exercises

Is it an innovation or not?20mTest your knowledge on innovation30m

Week2

Week 2

6 hours to complete

TYPES OF INNOVATION - DISRUPTIVE, FRUGAL AND REVERSE

6 hours to complete

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

6 videos

What are disruptive innovations?6mThe development of a frugal innovation - Arbutus Drill: Interview with Florin Gheorghe8mAn expert's views on the meaning of frugal innovation: Interview with Dr Yasser Bhatti 3mDefining characteristics of frugal innovation: Interview with Dr Yasser Bhatti 4mWhat is reverse innovation?4mThe challenge of reverse innovation4m

4 readings

Is Uber a disruptive innovation?45mAre these disruptive innovations? - check your answers10mDefining frugal innovation10mThe ten core competencies of frugal innovation1h 30m

4 practice exercises

Defining disruptive innovation20mAre these frugal innovations? Part II20mWhat is a reverse innovation?10mTest your knowledge on disruptive, frugal and reverse innovation30m

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALISATION

4 hours to complete

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

5 videos

Design thinking5mDesign thinking in healthcare: Interview with Matt Harrison14mChallenges in design projects: Interview with Matt Harrison7mThe process of making an innovation available4mArbutus Drill going to market: Interview with Florin Gheorghe10m

2 readings

Design Thinking45mArbutus Drill - who’s involved in the enterprise?20m

1 practice exercise

Test your knowledge on product development and commercialisation30m

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

GETTING AN INNOVATION INTO PRACTICE

3 hours to complete

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

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TOP REVIEWS FROM A GUIDE TO HEALTHCARE INNOVATION: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

by KKSep 10, 2020

The content was good. I wish there were links to the reading materials.

by MSJan 21, 2021

It was a great knowledge input which will surely help me in future. Sincere thanks to Imperial College London & Coursera for creating this learning opportunity.

by JWJan 11, 2022

I recommend this course to all those who want to join the rest of the world in improving the health care system via innovations. Here you will get all basics and advanced skills on how to start.

by SPAug 18, 2020

This is the Heart of Idea and Creativity Course. Please Indulge yourself to the beauty and appeal of the Course

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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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