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Overview
Key facts
Several of the questions addressed in this Leveraging Innovative Technologies for Ageing Well summer school at the University of Geneva will emphasize the concept of prevention, which typically consists of methods or activities that seek to reduce or deter health issues, protect the current state of well-being, or promote desired HRQoL outcomes or behaviours.
What you will learn:
- Participants will be able to learn about different types of assistive technologies, their application areas, the design considerations related to such technologies, and the ethical components to be considered while designing and implementing such systems.
- The course will include lectures, case studies, mock debates, group work, and more. It will also emphasize the importance of interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and end-user participation when designing new objects, products, services, or experiences for the ageing population through a project-based approach and a human-centred design process.
Programme Structure
Objectives:
The main objectives of the Summer School are for attendees to:
- acquire a strong theoretical basis on QoL and HRQoL on the ageing population nowadays, in order to better understand the ways to improve them through assistive technology.
- acquire a strong understanding of the constraints but also the opportunities related to active and passive data sensing on the ageing population.
- become familiar with and gain insights into the functioning and implications of designing, implementing, and evaluating assistive technologies (sensing and actuating devices and services) for an ageing population.
- understand ethical considerations to be addressed while working with assistive technology for an ageing population and the importance of data governance.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Credits
3 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
General Engineering & Technology Gerontology View 5 other Short Courses in General Engineering & Technology in SwitzerlandWhat students do after studying
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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.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Target audience: advanced graduates, Ph.D. students, post-doc students, junior researchers, practitioners, care professionals, providers (e.g., start-up owners), and social scientists working in the domain of the ageing population, QoL, and HRQoL.
- We seek to cultivate a transdisciplinary approach. The course is, therefore, open to a broad range of disciplines and stakeholders (i.e., social sciences, health/life/medical sciences, computer science/engineering, and law) with interest in digital technologies and ageing.
- CV: academic and/or professional resume
- Motivation letter (maximum of 500 words): explain briefly your motivations to take part in the course of your choice
- University certificate of registration (external students only): only students providing such a certificate are eligible for the external students fee
Tuition Fee
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International
100 CHF/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 100 CHF for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
100 CHF/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 100 CHF for the full programme during 5 days.
- Free for AGE-INT members.
Living costs for Genève
1925 - 2850 CHF /month
Living costs
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Funding
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