Combined with rapid innovation, Biomedical Engineering students can tackle real hospital challenges dynamically, creatively, and iteratively.

Through quick prototyping and continuous expert feedback, teams learn to identify user pain points, translate them into clinical + accessibility requirements, and communicate concepts effectively for change
committees and procurement. By merging challenge based learning with clinical engineering methods (HFMEA, interoperability, cybersecurity, maintainability), the workshop becomes a replicable teaching model.

Students build teamwork, empathy, and interdisciplinary collaboration while improving patient safety, staff experience, and equity, aligned with Accessible EU. Using blended learning, students tackle real scenarios that grow technical and creative skills with a focus on health & wellbeing. This responsible, ethical approach supports resilient and inclusive hospital operations.

Addressing the full spectrum of users’ needs is central to modern healthcare design. In clinical settings, Design for All keeps hospital products, environments, and services usable and safe for the widest range of people, patients, families, and staff with diverse abilities and languages.

Objectives of the workshop:

Day 1. Healthcare innovation and inclusive design marathon. For students, academics or researchers prior inscription.
Introduce rapid innovation for Design for All in hospitals. Present clinical challenges and constraints. Teams form; map stakeholders (incl. accessibility personas) and current workflows; identify pain points and hazards (mini-HFMEA). Draft the Clinical Requirement Matrix with accessibility acceptance criteria; brainstorm initial solutions.

Day 2. Presentations & Evaluation. Open to the public.
Refine concepts; build low-fi prototypes (layouts, wireframes,
signage, service blueprints). Expert critiques (clinical engineering, human factors, accessibility, IT/interop). Final 5-minute pitch with implementation & procurement mini-plan.

Details on the event:

• Target audience:
  • Day 1: Students, academics, researchers.
  • Day 2: Open to all those interested.
• When:
  • Day 1: Tuesday, 4 November 2025. 15.00-17.30
  • Day 2: Tuesday, 11 November 2025. 15.00-17.30
• Where: Aula Magna. Edificio A. Av. Complutense 30. ETSI Telecomunicación. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. España
• Format:
  • Day 1: physical.
  • Day 2: hybrid.
• Type of event: Workshop and mutual learning session
• Language: Spanish
• Accessibility information: Accessible venue. Day 2: Captioning and sign language interpretation in Spanish (Day1: upon request).
• How to participate:
  • Day 1: If you are a student, academic or researcher interested in participating, please contact Gloria Ruiz,  glorialst [dot] tfo [dot] upm [dot] es (gloria[at]lst[dot]tfo[dot]upm[dot]es)
  • Day 2: Open to the public. You can join the livestream here
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