Product Design and Health, Certificate | Part time online | edX - online learning platform | United States
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EdX is an online learning platform trusted by over 12 million users offering the Product Design and Health Professional Certificate course in collaboration with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) - DelftX. 

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Overview

Healthcare systems strive to offer better treatment and improve its service level for a growing number of patients. Designers can contribute to this goal by offering their unique human-centered thinking and creative solutions. 

In this Product Design and Health Professional Certificate course in collaboration with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) - DelftX, you will learn key design methods and learn to apply them to healthcare through mastering a unique method of patient journey mapping.

There are several design methods that focus on the patient journey (built upon concepts derived from “customer journey”). By looking into the patient journey in great detail, designers can generate useful solutions for very specific problems. At the same time, other professionals in healthcare can learn how design can help with facilitating better care.

Job Outlook

  • Healthcare providers continuously seek ways to improve patient satisfaction, and can benefit from new approaches. (McKinsey in Healthcare, August 2015)
  • Job opportunities include: experience designer, innovation manager in healthcare, product manager in healthcare or consultant.
  • Estimated annual salary of senior industrial designers amounts to $90,709 per year.

What You'll Learn:

  • Key design methods taught at TU Delft.

  • The design process – from understanding the user in context to delivering a great design.

  • How to develop a patient journey.

  • How and when to use the method of patient journey mapping in design activities.

  • How to identify design opportunities starting from the patient journey.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

  • Product Design: The Delft Design Approach

  • Design in Healthcare: Using Patient Journey Mapping

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 4 months
    • 4 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online
  • Self-paced

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Tuition Fee

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    284 USD/full
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  • National

    284 USD/full
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