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2026/2027  KAN-CIHCO2003U  The Health Care Innovation Project

English Title
The Health Care Innovation Project

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 15 ECTS
Type Mandatory (also offered as elective)
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for Markets & Innovation
Programme MSc in Business Administration and Innovation in Health Care
Course coordinator
  • Claus Bøttcher Jørgensen - Department of Strategy and Innovation (SI)
Main academic disciplines
  • Innovation
  • Methodology and philosophy of science
  • Project and change management
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 16/06/2026

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Learning objectives
Learning objectives for Projects:
  • Demonstrate ability to contribute to problem solving in a specific innovation pursued by the host organization or by a health care related organisation. This contribution may focus on aspects of the specific innovation as a whole.
  • Demonstrate ability to transform an innovation challenge experienced by a host organization or by a health care related organisation into a problem formulation lending itself to rigorous analysis and use of existing academic literature.
  • Demonstrate ability to conduct collection and analysis of data inside and outside the host organization and/or health care related organisations, using relevant methodologies, and demonstrating an understanding of the potentials and limitations of those methodologies
  • Being able to present clear recommendations that the host organization or the health care related organisation can implement and to reflect on the implications and applicability of your conclusions.
  • Being able to apply the relevant tools, concepts and theories acquired in courses from the first year of MSc IHC.
Course prerequisites
If the number of students outnumbers the number of places for external collaborations, students will be given the possibility to write a literature based project.

If a student has not passed the four first semester courses before the start of the second semester innovation project the study programme reserves the right to cancel the collaboration. The student can instead write a literature based project.
Prerequisites for registering for the exam (activities during the teaching period)
Number of compulsory activities which must be approved (see section 13 of the Programme Regulations): 1
Compulsory home assignments
Midterm report of max. 20 pages. meeting minimum requirements specified in the syllabus of the course. Acceptance of the midterm report is a condition for doing the final exam of the course. The mid-term report is written in the project groups.
Examination
The Health Care Innovation Project:
Exam ECTS 15
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance, see also the rules about examination forms in the programme regulations.
Individual or group exam Individual oral exam based on written group product
Number of people in the group 4-5
Size of written product Max. 50 pages
Assignment type Project
Release of assignment An assigned subject is released in class
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period Summer
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If a student is ill during the regular oral exam, he/she will be able to re-use the project at the make-up exam. If a student is ill during the writing of the project and did not contribute to the project, the make-up exam can be written individually or in groups (provided that other students are taking the make-up/re-exam). If the student did not pass the regular exam or did not show up at the oral exam, he/she must make a revised project (confer advice from the examiner) and hand it in on a new deadline specified by the secretariat.
Description of the exam procedure

The oral exam will follow the format below:

 

1) You start by doing a 3 min. presentation on one or more central issues of your project. It can be presented from your own computer screen, from printed slides or without slides.
2) This is followed by a dialogue of approx. 12 minutes about (parts of) the project report and your presentation guided by questions from the examiners.
3) You leave the exam room and the examiners vote and determine the grade.
4) You receive your grade with feedback.

 

The total time for the entire exam is approx. 20 min.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

This course consists of a group project and classes addressing issues typically encountered in healthcare innovation projects, whether in hospitals, companies, start-ups, or other healthcare provider organizations. Examples of these issues include needs analysis, development of value propositions, innovation design, markets and pricing of medical products, and organizational implementation of innovation.

Organised into groups, students focus on a specific innovation challenge within a particular company or healthcare provider organization. The project group carries out fieldwork with the host organization to develop a well-defined problem statement, collect data, and present and discuss solutions. This type of project requires a substantial effort from all group members, particularly in coordinating and collaborating with the host organization during normal working hours.

Groups that are unable to meet the requirements of collaborating with a host organization can instead complete a project based on literature and existing cases in healthcare innovation. These projects require the same workload as hosted projects but offer students greater flexibility in carrying out their work.
Research-based teaching
CBS’ programmes and teaching are research-based. The following types of research-based knowledge and research-like activities are included in this course:
Research-based knowledge
  • Classic and basic theory
  • New theory
  • Teacher’s own research
  • Methodology
  • Models
Research-like activities
  • Data collection
  • Analysis
  • Discussion, critical reflection, modelling
  • Students conduct independent research-like activities under supervision
Description of the teaching methods
Teaching includes lectures, project supervision, presentation by and interactions with practitioners, and - when feasible - on-site learning in stakeholder organisations.
Feedback during the teaching period
Feedback is continuously offered in the supervision of projects, in the assessment of the midway report and in the context of the oral exam.
Student workload
Classes 50 hours
Preparation of lectures 125 hours
Report/supervision 150 hours
On site stakeholder visits and presentation of results 50 hours
Exam preparation and exam 75 hours
Further Information

The final version of this course is available from 25 June 2026 onwards.
Last updated on 16/06/2026