The project is unique in that the student learners are exposed to a real world health issue that requires solutions for Coeliac patient management and therefore have to apply an iterative critical thinking approach that requires a large knowledge base which can be accessed by the transnational interdisciplinary skill set of the partners. There is much to be learned by sharing different approaches between different organisations and different cultures to address an authentic global societal need that we have the potential to positively impact. The objectives of the study are : Objective 1 (O1) Design a system that monitors and educates clinicians and end users i.e. patients with Coeliac disease to manage their condition independently through a multinational human centred approach involving third level staff and students across Europe (4 european countries will form the partnership i.e. Spain, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands- each country will be represented by a HEIs and health affiliates in Spain and Ireland). Objective 2 Learners will explore, investigate and analyse the current perceptions and beliefs of the target task participants i.e. both patients and health care workers, on current practices of management for this cohort, this knowledge base will create a platform that will direct, inform and guide the iterative design process. This Human Centred Design (HCD) project will incorporate two distinct groups of learners : i) A transnational interdisciplinary group of third levels learners and ii) A target cohort of teenage coeliac patients from two EU countries The project is unique in that the student learners are exposed to a real world health issue that requires solutions for Coeliac patient management and therefore have to apply an iterative critical thinking approach that requires a large knowledge base which can be accessed by the transnational interdisciplinary skill set of the partners. Activities will incorporate seven transnational interdisciplinary meetings, with each partner hosting at least one of the events, representative faculty and learners from all the participating HEIs and health affiliates will be present to address the respective stages of the iterative design process. Interdisciplinary learner groups will be formed at these meetings with task assignment and learning outcomes implemented and addressed. Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies will be employed to achieve the learning outcomes Impact on the participating organisations and partners include establishment of mutually beneficial links that will be forged between health institutions and the transnational academic partners producing a framework for further initiatives for teaching and learning that will have an impact at regional, national and European level. It is hoped that this project will demonstrate results that lead to commercial interest to further develop the resulting system and bring it to market, and so impact the quality of life of the millions of people suffering from CD. Moreover, it is hoped that some of the undergraduates and master students who undertake this project, through exploring this contemporary research problem, will develop their research skills and decide to become researchers.
The project is unique in that the student learners are exposed to a real world health issue that requires solutions for Coeliac patient management and therefore have to apply an iterative critical thinking approach that requires a large knowledge base which can be accessed by the transnational interdisciplinary skill set of the partners. There is much to be learned by sharing different approaches between different organisations and different cultures to address an authentic global societal need that we have the potential to positively impact. The objectives of the study are : Objective 1 (O1) Design a system that monitors and educates clinicians and end users i.e. patients with Coeliac disease to manage their condition independently through a multinational human centred approach involving third level staff and students across Europe (4 european countries will form the partnership i.e. Spain, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands- each country will be represented by a HEIs and health affiliates in Spain and Ireland). Objective 2 Learners will explore, investigate and analyse the current perceptions and beliefs of the target task participants i.e. both patients and health care workers, on current practices of management for this cohort, this knowledge base will create a platform that will direct, inform and guide the iterative design process. This Human Centred Design (HCD) project will incorporate two distinct groups of learners : i) A transnational interdisciplinary group of third levels learners and ii) A target cohort of teenage coeliac patients from two EU countries The project is unique in that the student learners are exposed to a real world health issue that requires solutions for Coeliac patient management and therefore have to apply an iterative critical thinking approach that requires a large knowledge base which can be accessed by the transnational interdisciplinary skill set of the partners. Activities will incorporate seven transnational interdisciplinary meetings, with each partner hosting at least one of the events, representative faculty and learners from all the participating HEIs and health affiliates will be present to address the respective stages of the iterative design process. Interdisciplinary learner groups will be formed at these meetings with task assignment and learning outcomes implemented and addressed. Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies will be employed to achieve the learning outcomes Impact on the participating organisations and partners include establishment of mutually beneficial links that will be forged between health institutions and the transnational academic partners producing a framework for further initiatives for teaching and learning that will have an impact at regional, national and European level. It is hoped that this project will demonstrate results that lead to commercial interest to further develop the resulting system and bring it to market, and so impact the quality of life of the millions of people suffering from CD. Moreover, it is hoped that some of the undergraduates and master students who undertake this project, through exploring this contemporary research problem, will develop their research skills and decide to become researchers.