Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

This free course, Innovation in health and social care: social and historical, focuses on digital technologies and innovations in health and social care and explores the types of innovations that are available and the impact this has on the individuals using them. You will also gain an insight into the potential advantages and disadvantages of these innovations.  This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Early innovation
• 1 Early innovation
• 1.1 Prosthetics: function and identity
• 2 Innovations discovered by Scottish medics
• 2 Innovations discovered by Scottish medics
• 3 Innovation and discovery in healthcare
• 3 Innovation and discovery in healthcare
• 3.1 Discoveries that changed the world of health
• 4 A history of innovation in the NHS
• 4 A history of innovation in the NHS
• 5 Is innovation a good thing?
• 5 Is innovation a good thing?
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements