Circular Strategies for Sustainable Healthcare
Offered By: Delft University of Technology via edX
Course Description
Overview
Whether it is about reducing medical waste or improving medical equipment and devices to ensure their continuous supply, we need solutions that can make our healthcare system more sustainable.
The healthcare supply chain is under increasing pressure as resources are rapidly diminishing. Circular reprocessing not only helps reduce both carbon dioxide emissions and healthcare costs but can also alleviate this pressure.
The courses in this program are intended to help designers, engineers, industry representatives, hospital staff and decision makers to facilitate a transition towards a circular economy in the healthcare sector. This would bring about environmental benefits by reducing the carbon footprint and waste streams produced by hospitals and related organizations.
These two courses use an interdisciplinary approach to create sustainable solutions: one from the suppliers’ perspective and the other one from the users/buyers’ perspective. The first course demonstrates how designers and suppliers can contribute to value creation in their business via the circular economy and the second helps hospitals and other healthcare organizations create smart circular economy solutions and reduce waste streams.
You will learn how to deal with the scarcity of raw materials, apply circular strategies (including reusing, repairing, remanufacturing and recycling), how to set-up a green team and to make recommendations for reducing waste streams. Furthermore, you will learn to identify entrepreneurial opportunities and smart solutions to design and create proposals for circular products and processes.
This program is developed by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), ranked among the top universities in the QS World Rankings, in close collaboration with world-class experts from both the industry and academia. Therefore, it provides not only academic insights but also practical tools and examples which can be implemented in any organization, and can help you propose and develop your own circular solutions and programs.
If you enroll before October 9 you will benefit from a 40% discount (USD 268 instead of USD 448)
Syllabus
Course 1: Circular Strategies for MedTech Suppliers
Apply theories, tools and best practices needed to design circular products or services for hospitals and other healthcare organizations.
Course 2: Circular Strategies for Hospitals
Learn to apply the principles of the circular economy in a hospital or healthcare organization to reduce waste and contribute to sustainable healthcare.
Courses
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Developing or improving medical devices to ensure a continuous supply for an exponentially growing population is a critical factor in making healthcare more sustainable.
This course will help you to make the transition towards a circular economy and create value in the healthcare industry on the supplier side. It has wide applications – designers and engineers working for MedTech manufacturers and suppliers; as well as students, managers, industry reps, sales teams or policy makers – anyone interested in knowing more about what circular design entails and how to support the improvement of product development, how to steer teams or give guidance to relevant stakeholders.
This course uses an interdisciplinary approach to create sustainable solutions in the healthcare supply industry using circular economy principles. It includes business cases with examples of circular strategies presented by experts in the field.
After taking this course you will understand the fundamentals of the circular economy and urban mining. You will learn how to create supplier value with circular strategies such as reuse, maintenance, repair, remanufacturing, and recycling of medical devices.
You will also learn how to create or stimulate circular product and circular process design. Finally, you will identify entrepreneurial possibilities and smart solutions to create a circular proposal with recommendations for your organization.
This course is part of the program Circular Strategies for Sustainable Healthcare developed by TU Delft’s MedTech experts in close collaboration with industry and renowned institutes. These courses provide not only academic insights but also practical tools and examples which can be implemented in any healthcare organization, and can help you propose and develop your own circular solutions and programs.
Free e-book
In addition to 24/7 online access to video lectures and other course material, you will receive an electronic copy of the brand-new book 'Creating a Circular Healthcare Economy'. This book will further equip you to drive sustainable change and embrace circularity in the healthcare sector.Accredited Course
This course is accredited by the Dutch Association for Specialists in Sterile Medical Tools (VDSMH) and by the Dutch Association for Hospital Instrumentation Technicians (VZI). Learners who successfully complete the course and obtain a certificate can request Professional Development Points.
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Reducing medical waste is a worldwide challenge that calls for smarter solutions that can make healthcare more sustainable.
This course helps hospital staff, management, users and buyers of medical products and decision-makers make the transition to a circular economy and therefore contribute to reducing waste streams and costs.
This course uses an interdisciplinary approach to create sustainable solutions in hospitals. It includes business cases with visual examples of circular economy strategies presented by experts from the field. These strategies are also a tool to help relieve the supply chain as resources are under increasing pressure.
After taking this course you will master the concept of the circular economy from a hospital perspective. You will learn to apply circular strategies and how to set-up a green team to integrate circular processes in your organization. Finally, you will learn how to make recommendations for reducing waste streams.
This course is part of the program Circular Strategies for Sustainable Healthcare developed by TU Delft’s MedTech experts in close collaboration with industry representatives and renowned institutes. These courses provide not only academic insights but also practical tools and examples which can be implemented in any healthcare organization, and can help you propose and develop your own circular solutions and programs.
Free e-book
In addition to 24/7 online access to video lectures and other course material, you will receive an electronic copy of the brand-new book 'Creating a Circular Healthcare Economy'. This book will further equip you to drive sustainable change and embrace circularity in the healthcare sector.Accredited Course
This course is accredited by the Dutch Association for Specialists in Sterile Medical Tools (VDSMH) and by the Dutch Association for Hospital Instrumentation Technicians (VZI). Learners who successfully complete the course and obtain a certificate can request Professional Development Points.
Taught by
Bart Van Straten and Tim Horeman
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