Sasha Litwin MB BCh BAO, M. Des., FRCPC
Dr. Sasha Litwin is a physician, healthcare design consultant, educator and researcher. She is a paediatric emergency medicine specialist at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and an Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. After her medical training and emergency medicine fellowship, Sasha completed an additional fellowship in Healthcare Design and Innovation at SickKids and a Masters in Design for Health at Ontario College of Art and Design University. Her research focuses on the use of design methodology to explore insights and generate novel solutions to healthcare challenges. Currently, Sasha is the physician lead for patient experience in the emergency department and the lead for healthcare design across the hospital.
“Our participants are looking for new ways to approach challenges in their work — new research directions, new ways to supercharge their creative problem solving, or new perspectives in clinical program design. In Health by Design, learners uncover how tapping into creativity re-energizes them and helps them re-engage with their own work.“
Sean Park PhD, MA, BHSc. (Hons.)
Dr. Sean Park is a health design and futures educator, scholar, and principal consultant of SPARK Design. Sean supports leaders and organizations develop the capabilities and cultures needed for being human and adaptive to change. He served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Education and Innovation in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, teaching courses in human-centred design, health leadership, and foresight. Sean holds a PhD in Arts Education and was recently an alum-in-residence at the Stanford d.school. His presence, pedagogy, and scholarship are rooted in a rigorous and playful traversing of disciplinary boundaries as he believes the creative zap needed for inner and outer change is in the gap between the reified lines we inscribe on the world.
“We designed this program for maximum creative thinking and action. From the hilarious warm-up activities to practice with rich research tools, everything about this learning experience will help you bring a designer’s mindset to any health challenge.“
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