Driving Change: Co-methodologies (Co-creation, Co-design, and Co-production) for Health and Social Care
Key Details
- Course Fee
- £240
- Course Duration
- 1 Day
- Course Delivery
- Virtual Workshop
- Further Information
- fmh.cpd@uea.ac.uk
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Course Overview
Driving any change in health and social care requires innovations to be adopted and implemented by their intended users. These innovations may be service improvements, quality improvement initiatives or research interventions. Working in partnership with end users increases the likelihood of an innovation being successfully implemented.
‘Co-methodologies’ or ‘co-approaches’ promote ownership of the content of an innovation from the target audience, such as patients or healthcare professionals. There are three main ‘co-methodologies’: co-creation, co-design, and co-production. The goal for all three approaches is to ensure all stakeholders, including researchers, professionals, and service users, are equals through every stage of the process. This creates an inclusive and accessible environment that values all knowledge and contributions. There are numerous models, methods and frameworks to guide co-methodology projects; these include The Double Diamond, Stanford Design Thinking, and Experience Based Co-Design.
Co-methodologies are increasingly recognised as essential for designing innovations that work in practice, not just in theory. For senior clinicians, managers and social care leaders, co-methodologies support system-wide improvements that staff and patients genuinely adopt. For researchers, they offer robust, transparent methods that enhance impact, engagement and funder appeal.
This one-day course is designed for health and social care professionals and researchers who want to confidently apply co-methodologies in real-world settings. Attendees will gain practical, hands-on experience of using co-methodologies to develop the skills to collaboratively design and implement their own service improvements, quality improvement initiatives or interventions.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Provide a rationale for applying co-methodologies to develop health and social care innovations
- Compare and contrast the three main co-methodologies (co-creation, co-design, and co-production)
- Select the most appropriate co-methodology, guiding model/method/framework, and creative design activities for a defined innovation
- Apply implementation science principles to structure a co-methodology project or study
- Design a co-methodology project or study
Course Structure
The course is structured across one intensive, highly interactive day designed to transition participants from understanding co-methodologies to practical application.
The morning focuses on laying the theoretical groundwork for collaborative design. The course starts with an overview and rationale for applying co-methodologies in health and social care. It will then introduce the main co-methodology models, methods and frameworks, including The Double Diamond, Stanford Design Thinking, and Experience Based Co-Design.
The afternoon focuses on practical application of co-methodologies. Participants will design their own co-methodology project or study to facilitate implementation of a service improvement, quality improvement initiative or intervention.
In addition to undertaking activities to build confidence in using co-methodologies, participants will access a Co-methodologies Clinic at the end of the course. The clinic will be an opportunity to receive bespoke feedback and advice from experts on a personal project, such as a quality improvement initiative, fellowship application, or research idea.
