Rural Health Design Challenge

On May 8th, The College of Innovation and Design hosted a Design Challenge in partnership with the focused on finding solutions for improving health monitoring in rural areas. Multiple interdisciplinary teams competed in this one-day challenge for a portion of $4,000 prize money. This virtual challenge was open to everyone and brought together Wichita State students and community members seeking solutions through a series of exercises designed to help teams explore and iterate ideas into a viable solution.

 

College of Innovation and Design Rural Health Challenge through ZOOM

 

In the end it was a team of students Phillip Zavala, Val Gurung and Clara Jackson that won the top prize with there idea for a system approach that utilized pop-up clinics in popular locations within rural cities. These pop-up clinics would serve as a way to conviently distribute technology and information to patients in small towns and rural areas. 

 

Two community memebers collaborating for the Rural Health Design Challenge

 

The Design Challenge utilizes design thinking methodology for rapid idea generation for well-defined problems. Each semester we host a Design Challenge on various topics such as sustainability. Look for details on the College of Innovation and Design web page and social media

 


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