Lesson 2
Health tech innovations
Introduction
Students are given a health tech challenge and work in teams to design and prototype a health tech innovation.
Learning objectives
- To develop ideas for health tech innovation innovations to meet a UK healthcare need
- To understand the importance of prototyping
- To select an innovation idea and begin to develop a prototype
You will need
Downloadable resources:
- Lesson plan
- Lesson slides
- Student handouts
Other resources:
Paper - large sheets, pens
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Lesson plan
Introduction: Recapping health tech (5 minutes)
Health tech innovation challenge (10 minutes)
Understanding prototyping (5 minutes)
Health area choice & brainstorming (10 minutes)
Developing an innovation (15 minutes)
Presenting innovations (10 minutes)
Review & wrap up (5 minutes)
Extension ideas
Differentiation
Opportunities for assessment
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