Training Concept, Checklists, Status Overview and Support Platform- this is how students from Mannheim University of Applied Sciences see the sustainable use of hospital beds in Ghana

Design thinking, video conferencing with Ghana and hospital beds: an exciting semester lies behind the students of inno.space at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences. At the end of June 2023, three teams will present their proposals for the sustainable operation of hospital beds in Ghana. Team "BedSpace Ghana" relies on knowledge building and continuous exchange. Videos and tutorials will be used to promote learning agility among clinicians. Exchange at expert level takes place in workshops. Continuous training and community support should be ensured expert networks and via chat channels. Using posters, chat groups and prepared videos, the team impressively communicates what it should look like one day: Intensive support in maintaining the beds, then building a strong maintenance community. Repair and maintenance support - this is what Team "MANA" focuses on. In a rural environment without reliable Internet connection and power supply, a status board, the so-called "BedBoard", checklists and short instructions are to improve the repair and care of beds and other ward inventory.

Daniel Gerlach, board member of HITA e.V. thanks the students as well as Professor Kerstin Kohler and the supervising team for the dedicated implementation of the design challenge, which started at the beginning of the summer semester 2023: "The proposed concepts help us a lot in building a sustainable support structure in Ghana. HITA would be very happy if the students would support the further development and implementation of solutions for live operations!". Read more about the collaboration between HITA e.V. and inno.space, the Design Factory Mannheim at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences at https://hita-ev.org/design-thinking-workshop/ and https://hita-ev.org/halfway-gala-im-design-thinking-projekt-2023-mit-der-hochschule-mannheim/.