Healthy Futures - Good Health Design

Healthcare is complex and abundant in problems for designers to help contribute to and make a difference. In this first paper, you will be introduced to and exposed to parts of the healthcare system, but also initiatives that provide health and wellbeing support in our communities. Through this, you’ll go on a journey of learning and see the potential design has to make a difference in this space. Each class is packed full of fun and insightful activities that unpack important ideas or topics with your peers. The assignment for this semester is to create and design a journal that documents your weekly health and wellbeing learning in this paper. In the second part of the semester you’ll work towards creating an artefact that you feel addresses a wellbeing need or issue you feel passionate about.

DESN513

Points:

15

Level:

5

Learning Hours:

150

Start Dates:

2023

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Content

21st century health care is a complex, expensive, and challenging environment and this course content will introduce richly creative new ways of thinking, being, and doing within health design contexts. Consideration is made on how creative and responsive design-led solutions shape and inform wellbeing.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explore and evaluate a range of design for health concepts, ideas and their practical application.

2. Engage with analytical and critical methods to evaluate and synthesise practice.

3. Contribute to a community of practice, founded on the principles and practices of mātauranga Māori, of manaakitanga (care), motuhaketanga (self-determination) and kōrero pono (speaking truthfully).

4. Experiment with a range of appropriate technologies or processes for the Design for Health minor.

Healthy Futures - Good Health Design

Healthcare is complex and abundant in problems for designers to help contribute to and make a difference. In this first paper, you will be introduced to and exposed to parts of the healthcare system, but also initiatives that provide health and wellbeing support in our communities. Through this, you’ll go on a journey of learning and see the potential design has to make a difference in this space. Each class is packed full of fun and insightful activities that unpack important ideas or topics with your peers. The assignment for this semester is to create and design a journal that documents your weekly health and wellbeing learning in this paper. In the second part of the semester you’ll work towards creating an artefact that you feel addresses a wellbeing need or issue you feel passionate about.

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Content

21st century health care is a complex, expensive, and challenging environment and this course content will introduce richly creative new ways of thinking, being, and doing within health design contexts. Consideration is made on how creative and responsive design-led solutions shape and inform wellbeing.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explore and evaluate a range of design for health concepts, ideas and their practical application.

2. Engage with analytical and critical methods to evaluate and synthesise practice.

3. Contribute to a community of practice, founded on the principles and practices of mātauranga Māori, of manaakitanga (care), motuhaketanga (self-determination) and kōrero pono (speaking truthfully).

4. Experiment with a range of appropriate technologies or processes for the Design for Health minor.

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DESN513

Points:

15

Level:

5

Learning Hours:

150

Now Available

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RESOURCES

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Good Health Design

How to Enroll

CONTACT

goodhealthdesign@aut.ac.nz

ADDRESS

WE302, Level 3,
WE Building, AUT

27 St Paul Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

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