Interdisciplinarity and inter-faculty collaboration: Skill sharing in Podiatry, Engineering and Product Design to advance didactics, innovation and research opportunities in healthcare

Description

Innovation and research in healthcare is often limited by access to skill sets and equipment; undergraduate environments provide a prime opportunity to foster creativity and leverage skill sets and equipment across an institution; that is unlikely to be available within typical healthcare settings. The expertise of the Product Design Programme ranges from user centred design methods, material and processes know-how to rapid prototyping, complimented by analytical materials science and simulation capability within Engineering. Thus, staff and students are well placed to contribute and able to engage in professional specific cases – but what does this collaboration with the University’s Podiatry Clinic look like and how can we facilitate it? This presentation showcases our skill sharing approach that tested the value of staff and student visits to course lab spaces, subject specific expertise and input to projects, aligned to existing module assessments and delivery.

Period	26 Jun 2024
Event title	UON Research Conference 2024: University of Northampton’s 2024 Annual Research Conference
Event type	Conference