[This is a 3-credit Common Core Microcredentials course focused on transdisciplinary project-based learning in a highly compressed format.]

• CCMCs are optional, i.e. whether or not you take CCMCs (in place of one standard 6-credit CC course) for fulfilling the UG5(c) Common Core requirements, is at your discretion. However, if you opt to take CCMCs, you must take TWO of them, not more or less.
• Students who have been granted Advanced Standing / Credit Transfer / Course Exemption / Internal Transfer for Common Core courses in their current programme are NOT eligible.
• For students who have successfully completed two 3-credit CCMCs in place of one 6-credit Common Core course, the average grade point of the two CCMCs will be treated as the grade point of a 6-credit Common Core course for calculation of Graduation GPA under the Common Core Special Proviso.

Course Description

Each discipline has its own answers to major healthcare problems. But what if they worked together? In this course, students work in groups in a collaborative transdisciplinary project towards a real-world healthcare goal. The majority of assessments (especially the project) take place in-class as a design thinking process together with instructors. Previous years resulted in transdisciplinary solutions like ‘Academy for Elderly’, cancer-diagnosing nanobots, Artificial Reality goggles for dementia patients, affordable portable water filters, AI-assisted triage stations, and more.

In Week 1 (five days), students analyze healthcare issues from different perspectives and learn about the impact of holistic solutions. These include: (1) politics and historical ideologies in health landscapes, (2) mass media in health literacy, (3) healthcare inequalities, (4) urban planning for healthy societies, (5) edutainment to train ethics in healthcare. Content will be delivered through experiential workshops, lectures, games, films, simulations, and an ‘Amazing Race’-like field trip.

Week 2 (three days) culminates in a student-led team project that identifies a key health need and offers a solution. Students will tackle the issue from different angles, engaging in specific roles based on their expertise (e.g. literature review, knowledge exchange, collaboration with NGOs, developing a prototype resource/tool/plan). Project outcomes could be training tools, policy advocates, education plans, start-ups, etc. Course instructors will offer close support throughout. Completed projects will be showcased in a multimedia gallery walk where teams will give a short pitch, facilitate Q&A, and offer peer feedback to one another.

[Integrated site visits will be arranged during the course.]

Course Learning Outcomes

On completing the course, students will be able to:

1. Identify key roles of transdisciplinarity in healthcare by addressing wider healthcare concerns, engaging with the community and translating all these into solutions.
2. Acquire and apply research and design thinking skills in literature search and retrieval; use of technology for simulation; data acquisition and analysis.
3. Collaborate and create an inquiry-based solution to real-world health challenges from evaluation of diverse perspectives from different disciplines.
4. Communicate ideas and innovation effectively through various multimedia to the general public.

Offer Semester and Day of Teaching

Summer Semester

Lecture
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm on July 6, 7
Tutorial
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm on July 6, 7
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm on July 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15