TFL602 User involvement and co-creation in e-health

The course is connected to the following study programs

• PhD Programme in Health and Sport Sciences
• PhD Programme in Social Sciences

Recommended prerequisites

The students must be admitted to a PhD programme.

Course contents

• Patients and other stakeholders as partners in research and development
• Accessible co-creation with people with special needs (e.g., people with intellectual disability, children, etc.)
• Methodological approaches to co-creation and creative problem-solving related to services that facilitate interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration  
• Methods for efficient and effective communication for different audiences and knowledge of Open Science (i.e., data sharing, open access, privacy, ethics)
• Ethical and legal issues in co-creation (e.g. conflicts of interest, balance of power, general data protection regulation (GDPR), informed consent)
• Methods and approaches to solve complex problems that are characteristic for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), e.g., user-driven innovation (Design thinking, Action Research, Participatory Design, and Co-design)

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the candidate will acquire:

Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of methodological approaches related to co-creation in e-health.
• In-depth knowledge on how e-health research and innovation can be implemented in health care services.
• In-depth understanding of various ethical and legal challenges related to co-creation and research in practice.

Skills

• Be able to adopt a problem owner’s perspective to effectively reveal and summarize the problem.
• Be able to identify and involve relevant stakeholders and apply appropriate methodological approaches for problem solving.
• Be able to employ knowledge about design and lead co-creation processes with independence, responsibility, and reliability.

General competences

• Be able to synthesize and critically reflect on the current context of a problem statement (e.g., patient/user involvement, the health sector as a complex system)
• Be able to critically evaluate and reflect on ethical and legal issues related to the process of co-creation.

Examination requirements

Participation in lectures, group work, practical workshops, discussions and presentations as stated in the course description. Expected work volume is approximately 90 hours.

Teaching methods

Teaching and learnings methods will consist of a combination of lectures, group work, practical workshops, discussions, and presentations (interdisciplinary). The course will require a combination of digital and physical presence.

Evaluation

The person responsible for the course, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.

Offered as Single Standing Module

Yes

Admission Requirement if given as Single Standing Module

The students must be admitted to a PhD programme

Assessment methods and criteria

The students will be evaluated based on a term paper in which they introduce one or more selected theoretical approaches and reflect on these related to their dissertation research.

The term paper will be graded as pass or fail, where pass is equivalent to a grade B or better.

Other information

Contact person Sofie Wass, Faculty of Social Sciences