Call for Digital Health Project Mentors

Are you or your patients experiencing difficulties that might be solved with a digitally-enabled service?

We are seeking clinicians who want to mentor teams of Lakehead MBA students to design digital products and services that improve healthcare delivery and other healthcare-related processes. This will be part of a project for the BUSI 5035 – Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship course at Lakehead University from January to April 2024, taught by Dr. Michael S. Dohan.

Projects will take place between January and April, 2024.

These projects will employ a Design Thinking approach

Design Thinking is a user-centered problem-solving approach that involves understanding user needs, generating creative ideas, prototyping, testing, and iterating until a successful outcome is achieved. It can be used to address problems experienced by your patients or fellow employees, as it will result in a digital product or service that has been researched and validated by the people who experience the problem.

Watch this video for a successful story on design thinking:

Deliverables

A report will be provided to you, detailing

  • The investigation into the root cause of the problem that you are experiencing
  • A prototype for a digitally-enabled solution to the problem that has been validated by several users
  • A cost benefit (ROI) analysis for said solution

Commitments

  • Provide information on the problem, intended users of the solution, stakeholders, potential resources and other details on a brief project intake form by December 15th.
  • Meet with student groups on Lakehead Campus (or via zoom) mid January
  • Arrange for three or four interview participants to meet with the group on near the end of January on Lakehead Campus (or via zoom)
  • Provide written feedback periodically throughout the semester
  • Attend a final presentation in late March on Lakehead Campus (or via zoom)

For more information, please contact Dr. Michael S. Dohan, Director of the Lakehead University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research (CIER) at msdohan@lakeheadu.ca