• Overall ability to contribute to problem solving in a specific innovation pursued by the host organization. This contribution may focus on an aspects of the specific innovation as a whole.
• This overall ability in problem solving comprises competences referring to:
• - transforming the innovation challenges experienced by the host into a problem formulation lending itself to rigorous analysis and use of existing academic literature
• - conducting collection and analysis of data inside and outside the host organization, using relevant methodologies, and demonstrating an understanding of the potentials and limitations of those methodologies
• - understanding and recommendations regarding the way the host can implement and utilize the results of the project
• - presenting and explaining results in a face to face meeting with the project host in a way which is useful and engaging for the project host.
• - Ability to apply, when relevant tools, concepts and theories acquired in courses from the first year of MSc IHC.
• Learning objectives for Literature-based Projects:
• Ability to develop a problem statement of importance for a defined section of the overall healthcare value chain (e.g. large device companies, start-ups in digital health, hospitals or primary care actors).
• Ability to address the problem by identifying and utilizing relevant literature or secondary data, and to demonstrate methodological competences in assessing, applying and combining these different sources.
• Ability to develop conclusions that are relevant for important decisions or direction of actions by your chosen section of actors, and to reflect on the implications and applicability of your conclusions.
• Ability to apply, where relevant, tools, concepts and theories acquired in courses from the first year of MSc IHC.

This course consists of a group project and of classes addressing issues typically encountered in health care innovation projects in companies, start-up or in the health care provider organisations. Examples of these issues are concerned with innovation design, needs analysis, development of value propositions, markets and pricing of medical products, or issues in organizational implementation of innovation.

Organised into groups, students focus on a specific innovation challenge in a specific company or health provider organization (typically a hospital). The project group carries out field work in its host organization to obtain the most fruitful problem statement, to collect data, and to present and discuss solutions. This type of project, referred to as IndustryHosted Projects, require a substantial effort from all project members in terms of coordinating and collaborating with the host company within normal work hours

Groups unable to meet these requirements instead write a project on an issue in health care innovation based on literature and existing cases. These will be referred to as Literature-based Projects. They require the same workload as do Industry Hosted Projects, but they offer students more flexibility in terms of scheduling and carrying out their project work.