Caring Principles for Health Innovation (CAPRHI)

UGent

Objectives

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Objectifs

To explore and implement the 8 principles in diverse contexts, with special focus on education 

Public cible

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Target audience

  • Academic experts
  • Researchers
  • Students

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Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Ghent University

Timeline

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Chronologie

January 2024 - present

Contribution to the principles

Bijdrage aan de principes

Contribution aux principes

Exploring and implementing the 8 principles in diverse contexts, with special focus on education

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Can you introduce yourself?


Our group "Caring Principles for Health Innovation" (CAPRHI) is part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Ghent University. We focus on exploring and implementing the 8 principles in various contexts, particularly in education.
The group consists of about twenty members from various scientific backgrounds, such as epidemiology, data science, health economics, and law.

What are your project objectives?


We aim to explore possibilities for implementing the principles in education and research.
In the short term, we want to critically analyse the ideas and applicability of the 8 principles and raise awareness within the academic community. We also wish to share our results with the rest of the learning community.
In the long term, we want to anchor the 8 principles in the Belgian higher education and research landscape by encouraging teachers and students to reflect on sustainable health technology. We also want to test the 8 principles in an interdisciplinary way against international cases.

How do you proceed?


We started by organizing monthly meetings of the cluster aimed at creating an overview of the activities we would undertake and identifying points where to build bridges among cluster members’ research and teaching.
Our goal is to make the 8 principles known to as many health technology experts in locally and internationally , but also to experts from other disciplines. In this way, we ensure that the knowledge of the learning community is tested from other perspectives, such as economics, law, ethics, and policy.
We continue our work by organizing activities based on three main themes: events, research and education, and international endorsement of the principles.

Specifically, what do these activities consist of?


In terms of events, we have, for example, placed the 8 principles at the heart of a discussion with students and invited experts during an interactive symposium organized at UGent. The principles have also been presented and critically discussed by CAPRHI members in relation to their work on pertinent topics such as patient empowerment, use of generative AI in healthcare, and others, in the scope of various scientific conferences in Belgium and abroad. More workshops are currently being planned and organized. 

Regarding research and education activities, for example, the role of the 8CTPs are being investigated as part of a broader study on patient value and health data (re)use, conducted in the scope of the Symphony of Us project.  We are also integrating the 8 principles into university courses and master's theses, and are working on a mapping of university courses in which approaches such as co-creation, systems thinking, and design thinking are used and could be explored for the adoption of the principles.

What challenges have you encountered?


We had to find ways to facilitate exchanges about the 8 principles. There is also a lack of educational material that teachers can use in their courses. This is why our work is important.

What lessons have you learned from this process?


Firstly, that the group is a great source of diverse expertise. And that it is through organizing concrete activities that one can build bridges between the experts.
Secondly, it is important to have concrete educational material and texts to refer to facilitate discussion, critical reflection, and, by extension, the adoption of the 8 principles. That’s why our work, and that of the learning community as a whole, is important.