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WHAT IS v-INSPIRE?

A Virtual Interactive Novel Support Program for Innovation, Research and Entrepreneurship aims to address population health challenges of the 21st century by enhancing academic and non-academic skills of students using an Innovative and participatory experiential learning experience.

Mentorship is an integral component of v-INSPIRE.

NEED

COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on higher education
With these challenges come unique opportunities to creatively examine alternative ways to meet learning goals
Experiential learning (EL) programs allow students to gain experience, engage with the community, develop technical and interpersonal skills, and build career readiness and professional networks, all of which have been particularly hard hit
Educators need to rethink outreach strategies and consider alternatives to traditional in-person placements

Skills Acquired

Provides students with an opportunity to gain understanding of public health challenges worldwide
Acquire interdisciplinary skills, engage in real world technological innovations, and design, develop, implement and evaluate solutions to enhance well-being of individuals, communities and the environment they live in
In addition, students gain employable skills such as leadership, effective communication, team-building, project management, budget planning, and manuscript writing

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Choose effective communication tools and techniques, including information systems and communication technologies, to facilitate discussions and interactions that enhance team function.
Listen actively, and encourage ideas and opinions of other team members.
Apply leadership practices that support collaborative practice and team effectiveness.
Express one’s knowledge and opinions to team members involved in population health improvement with confidence, clarity, and respect, working to ensure common understanding of information, treatment, care.
Communicate information in a form that is understandable, avoiding discipline-specific terminology when possible.

Competencies, Activities and Outcomes

Health technology interventions, innovations and evaluations

Application of knowledge to solve public health challenges

Learn to derive meaningful insights

Understanding data

Outcomes

C8. Systems Thinking

C5. Communication

C4. Policy in Public Health

C3. Planning & Management to Promote Health

C2. Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health

C1. Public Health & Health Care Systems

Competencies

Analysis of healthcare data to generate meaningful information and new knowledge

Design interactive dashboards to enhance risk communication

COVID-19 advisory and conduct policy analysis

Identify evidence based heath information sources

Describe public health systems of countries worldwide

Human centered design approach to implement public health interventions.

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