DVB305 Design for Health Innovation
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| Unit code: | DVB305 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Pre-2021 CSP student contribution | $996 The pre-2021 commonwealth supported place (CSP) contribution amount only applies to students enrolled in a course prior to 2021. To learn more, visit our Understanding your fees page. |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,356 |
| International unit fee | $4,668 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | DVB305 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinators: | Nicole Vickery | n1.mcmahon@qut.edu.au Jeremy Kerr | jeremy.kerr@qut.edu.au Nicole Vickery | n1.mcmahon@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The contribution of design-led approaches and methods to innovations in eHealth and healthcare services and technologies is increasing. Challenges impacting Australian and international health sectors require skills and knowledge of consumer- and user-centric approaches. You will become familiar with theoretical frameworks for health and wellbeing and develop knowledge of contemporary design-led approaches to the development of health and wellbeing services, products and experiences.
This unit addresses theories, approaches, methods and applications of design to the context of health and wellbeing. It takes into account multiple stakeholder perspectives: health professionals, patients and carers. You will deepen you design skills and knowledge of methods used in Design Thinking to conceptualise, develop and produce a design prototype.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary issues and approaches across design for health and wellbeing Australia and internationally.
- Identify, evaluate and critically analyse a range of best practices and leading industry exemplars that apply design for health and wellbeing.
- Explore and develop individual and collaborative practices and approaches to integration of design and health within a design solution.
- Apply a variety of design tools and processes to develop a user-centric solution for health and wellbeing.
Content
This unit presents lectures and practical classes which address content such as:
- theoretical foundations of approaches to health and wellbeing
- application of user-centered design approaches, usability and user experience to the context of health and wellbeing
- understanding of multiple user groups
- capacity to identify a design opportunity and to analyse contexts for design application
- creating conceptual design that respond to a brief and an identified design context
- low- and high-fidelity prototyping techniques
- fundamental approaches to evaluate outcomes against design goals
- understanding and writing design rationales.
Learning Approaches
Lectures are supported by presentations, online and video-resources, demonstrations of user-centric design and contextualisation within the field of design as well as health and wellbeing. Resources include selected readings, handouts and case studies. Teaching activities will deliver key practical skills and consist of problem-based learning activities and supervised practical workshop sessions to explore and apply concepts. Assessment is based on real-world briefs and scenarios for health and wellbeing issues. Industry leaders will provide expert feedback on your ideas.
In the online mode of this unit, you will learn through engaging in a variety of online activities, online self-directed learning, and weekly research and readings that are designed to support your learning experience. The recorded lectures will examine conceptual and theoretical principles and issues across a variety of design areas, with a focus on contemporary case studies. Throughout the online delivery of this unit, you will receive support from your instructors and peers. You will have access to online resources and materials, and you will be able to communicate with your instructors and peers via various online platforms. A variety of support materials will be published on the Canvas website to coordinate the unit.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in following ways:
- criteria sheets
- in-class formative exercises
- peer and tutor feedback
- Canvas general comments to cohort group
Assessment
Overview
This unit involves two summative assessment items focusing on
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Design Project Proposal
Assessment: Design Project Prototype
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
A list of resource materials for this subject will be provided on the subject’s Canvas site. There are no set textbooks for this unit.
Resource Materials
Other
To enable your full participation in the virtual learning environment, for example, participating in online activities and engaging with online learning materials, you will need access to a reliable computer with an internet connection, webcam, headset and microphone, as well as a learning environment where you are able to fully participate undisturbed when required.
Risk Assessment Statement
All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 General Health and Safety Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Online
| Unit code: | DVB305 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
The contribution of design-led approaches and methods to innovations in eHealth and healthcare services and technologies is increasing. Challenges impacting Australian and international health sectors require skills and knowledge of consumer- and user-centric approaches. You will become familiar with theoretical frameworks for health and wellbeing and develop knowledge of contemporary design-led approaches to the development of health and wellbeing services, products and experiences.
This unit addresses theories, approaches, methods and applications of design to the context of health and wellbeing. It takes into account multiple stakeholder perspectives: health professionals, patients and carers. You will deepen you design skills and knowledge of methods used in Design Thinking to conceptualise, develop and produce a design prototype.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary issues and approaches across design for health and wellbeing Australia and internationally.
- Identify, evaluate and critically analyse a range of best practices and leading industry exemplars that apply design for health and wellbeing.
- Explore and develop individual and collaborative practices and approaches to integration of design and health within a design solution.
- Apply a variety of design tools and processes to develop a user-centric solution for health and wellbeing.
Content
This unit presents lectures and practical classes which address content such as:
- theoretical foundations of approaches to health and wellbeing
- application of user-centered design approaches, usability and user experience to the context of health and wellbeing
- understanding of multiple user groups
- capacity to identify a design opportunity and to analyse contexts for design application
- creating conceptual design that respond to a brief and an identified design context
- low- and high-fidelity prototyping techniques
- fundamental approaches to evaluate outcomes against design goals
- understanding and writing design rationales.
Learning Approaches
Lectures are supported by presentations, online and video-resources, demonstrations of user-centric design and contextualisation within the field of design as well as health and wellbeing. Resources include selected readings, handouts and case studies. Teaching activities will deliver key practical skills and consist of problem-based learning activities and supervised practical workshop sessions to explore and apply concepts. Assessment is based on real-world briefs and scenarios for health and wellbeing issues. Industry leaders will provide expert feedback on your ideas.
In the online mode of this unit, you will learn through engaging in a variety of online activities, online self-directed learning, and weekly research and readings that are designed to support your learning experience. The recorded lectures will examine conceptual and theoretical principles and issues across a variety of design areas, with a focus on contemporary case studies. Throughout the online delivery of this unit, you will receive support from your instructors and peers. You will have access to online resources and materials, and you will be able to communicate with your instructors and peers via various online platforms. A variety of support materials will be published on the Canvas website to coordinate the unit.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in following ways:
- criteria sheets
- in-class formative exercises
- peer and tutor feedback
- Canvas general comments to cohort group
Assessment
Overview
This unit involves two summative assessment items focusing on
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Design Project Proposal
Assessment: Design Project Prototype
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
A list of resource materials for this subject will be provided on the subject’s Canvas site. There are no set textbooks for this unit.
Resource Materials
Other
To enable your full participation in the virtual learning environment, for example, participating in online activities and engaging with online learning materials, you will need access to a reliable computer with an internet connection, webcam, headset and microphone, as well as a learning environment where you are able to fully participate undisturbed when required.
Risk Assessment Statement
All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 General Health and Safety Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | DVB305 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinators: | Nicole Vickery | n1.mcmahon@qut.edu.au Jeremy Kerr | jeremy.kerr@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The contribution of design-led approaches and methods to innovations in eHealth and healthcare services and technologies is increasing. Challenges impacting Australian and international health sectors require skills and knowledge of consumer- and user-centric approaches. You will become familiar with theoretical frameworks for health and wellbeing and develop knowledge of contemporary design-led approaches to the development of health and wellbeing services, products and experiences.
This unit addresses theories, approaches, methods and applications of design to the context of health and wellbeing. It takes into account multiple stakeholder perspectives: health professionals, patients and carers. You will deepen you design skills and knowledge of methods used in Design Thinking to conceptualise, develop and produce a design prototype.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary issues and approaches across design for health and wellbeing Australia and internationally.
- Identify, evaluate and critically analyse a range of best practices and leading industry exemplars that apply design for health and wellbeing.
- Explore and develop individual and collaborative practices and approaches to integration of design and health within a design solution.
- Apply a variety of design tools and processes to develop a user-centric solution for health and wellbeing.
Content
This unit presents lectures and practical classes which address content such as:
- theoretical foundations of approaches to health and wellbeing
- application of user-centered design approaches, usability and user experience to the context of health and wellbeing
- understanding of multiple user groups
- capacity to identify a design opportunity and to analyse contexts for design application
- creating conceptual design that respond to a brief and an identified design context
- low- and high-fidelity prototyping techniques
- fundamental approaches to evaluate outcomes against design goals
- understanding and writing design rationales.
Learning Approaches
Lectures are supported by presentations, online and video-resources, demonstrations of user-centric design and contextualisation within the field of design as well as health and wellbeing. Resources include selected readings, handouts and case studies. Teaching activities will deliver key practical skills and consist of problem-based learning activities and supervised practical workshop sessions to explore and apply concepts. Assessment is based on real-world briefs and scenarios for health and wellbeing issues. Industry leaders will provide expert feedback on your ideas.
In the online mode of this unit, you will learn through engaging in a variety of online activities, online self-directed learning, and weekly research and readings that are designed to support your learning experience. The recorded lectures will examine conceptual and theoretical principles and issues across a variety of design areas, with a focus on contemporary case studies. Throughout the online delivery of this unit, you will receive support from your instructors and peers. You will have access to online resources and materials, and you will be able to communicate with your instructors and peers via various online platforms. A variety of support materials will be published on the Canvas website to coordinate the unit.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in following ways:
- criteria sheets
- in-class formative exercises
- peer and tutor feedback
- Canvas general comments to cohort group
Assessment
Overview
This unit involves two summative assessment items focusing on
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Design Project Proposal
Assessment: Design Project Prototype
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
A list of resource materials for this subject will be provided on the subject’s Canvas site. There are no set textbooks for this unit.
Resource Materials
Other
To enable your full participation in the virtual learning environment, for example, participating in online activities and engaging with online learning materials, you will need access to a reliable computer with an internet connection, webcam, headset and microphone, as well as a learning environment where you are able to fully participate undisturbed when required.
Risk Assessment Statement
All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 General Health and Safety Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Online
| Unit code: | DVB305 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
The contribution of design-led approaches and methods to innovations in eHealth and healthcare services and technologies is increasing. Challenges impacting Australian and international health sectors require skills and knowledge of consumer- and user-centric approaches. You will become familiar with theoretical frameworks for health and wellbeing and develop knowledge of contemporary design-led approaches to the development of health and wellbeing services, products and experiences.
This unit addresses theories, approaches, methods and applications of design to the context of health and wellbeing. It takes into account multiple stakeholder perspectives: health professionals, patients and carers. You will deepen you design skills and knowledge of methods used in Design Thinking to conceptualise, develop and produce a design prototype.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary issues and approaches across design for health and wellbeing Australia and internationally.
- Identify, evaluate and critically analyse a range of best practices and leading industry exemplars that apply design for health and wellbeing.
- Explore and develop individual and collaborative practices and approaches to integration of design and health within a design solution.
- Apply a variety of design tools and processes to develop a user-centric solution for health and wellbeing.
Content
This unit presents lectures and practical classes which address content such as:
- theoretical foundations of approaches to health and wellbeing
- application of user-centered design approaches, usability and user experience to the context of health and wellbeing
- understanding of multiple user groups
- capacity to identify a design opportunity and to analyse contexts for design application
- creating conceptual design that respond to a brief and an identified design context
- low- and high-fidelity prototyping techniques
- fundamental approaches to evaluate outcomes against design goals
- understanding and writing design rationales.
Learning Approaches
Lectures are supported by presentations, online and video-resources, demonstrations of user-centric design and contextualisation within the field of design as well as health and wellbeing. Resources include selected readings, handouts and case studies. Teaching activities will deliver key practical skills and consist of problem-based learning activities and supervised practical workshop sessions to explore and apply concepts. Assessment is based on real-world briefs and scenarios for health and wellbeing issues. Industry leaders will provide expert feedback on your ideas.
In the online mode of this unit, you will learn through engaging in a variety of online activities, online self-directed learning, and weekly research and readings that are designed to support your learning experience. The recorded lectures will examine conceptual and theoretical principles and issues across a variety of design areas, with a focus on contemporary case studies. Throughout the online delivery of this unit, you will receive support from your instructors and peers. You will have access to online resources and materials, and you will be able to communicate with your instructors and peers via various online platforms. A variety of support materials will be published on the Canvas website to coordinate the unit.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in following ways:
- criteria sheets
- in-class formative exercises
- peer and tutor feedback
- Canvas general comments to cohort group
Assessment
Overview
This unit involves two summative assessment items focusing on
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Design Project Proposal
Assessment: Design Project Prototype
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
A list of resource materials for this subject will be provided on the subject’s Canvas site. There are no set textbooks for this unit.
Resource Materials
Other
To enable your full participation in the virtual learning environment, for example, participating in online activities and engaging with online learning materials, you will need access to a reliable computer with an internet connection, webcam, headset and microphone, as well as a learning environment where you are able to fully participate undisturbed when required.
Risk Assessment Statement
All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 General Health and Safety Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.