Our main speaker, Ian Hosking, is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Engineering and currently project lead for the EPSRC - NIHR HTC Partnership Award: Promoting Real Independence through Design Expertise (PRIDE). He has worked on a diverse range of projects covering medical device development and service improvement. One of the key outputs of this work is a Healthcare Design Toolkit which is the subject of this event.

He might be joined by Prof John Clarkson FREng, the Director of the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre. John has published over 650 papers, as well as written and edited a number of books on medical equipment design, inclusive design and process management. John is currently leading a team with the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal College of Physicians and the Academy of Medical Sciences to develop a systems approach to healthcare redesign and continuous improvement.

Agenda:
18:30 – Refreshments and Networking (North Room)
19:00 – Introduction to the Healthcare Design Toolkit (LR6)
19:30 – Hands on session to provide feedback on the design
20:15 – Feedback + Q&A
20:30 – Formal close

Date: Tuesday 21 March 2017

Time: Refreshments served from 18.30. Talk starts at 19.00. Ends around 20.30 following discussion.

Venue: Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ (directions).

Parking: Please be aware that parking on the CUED site is limited.

Open to all. Free to attend. Please book on the BmEA Cambridge page.

This event is organised by the Cambridge Centre of the Biomedical Engineering Association (BmEA), and supported by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Cambridge area.