What you will learn
- The fundamentals of the circular economy and urban mining.
- How to apply circular strategies in a hospital or other healthcare environment.
- How to set-up a green team.
- How to create smarter solutions for circular products and processes.
- How to make recommendations for reducing waste in a hospital.
Whether it is about reducing medical waste or improving medical equipment and devices to ensure their continuous supply, we need solutions that can make our healthcare system more sustainable.
The healthcare supply chain is under increasing pressure as resources are rapidly diminishing. Circular reprocessing not only helps reduce both carbon dioxide emissions and healthcare costs but can also alleviate this pressure.
The courses in this program are intended to help designers, engineers, industry representatives, hospital staff and decision makers to facilitate a transition towards a circular economy in the healthcare sector. This would bring about environmental benefits by reducing the carbon footprint and waste streams produced by hospitals and related organizations.
These two courses use an interdisciplinary approach to create sustainable solutions: one from the suppliers’ perspective and the other one from the users/buyers’ perspective. The first course demonstrates how designers and suppliers can contribute to value creation in their business via the circular economy and the second helps hospitals and other healthcare organizations create smart circular economy solutions and reduce waste streams.
You will learn how to deal with the scarcity of raw materials, apply circular strategies (including reusing, repairing, remanufacturing and recycling), how to set-up a green team and to make recommendations for reducing waste streams. Furthermore, you will learn to identify entrepreneurial opportunities and smart solutions to design and create proposals for circular products and processes.
This program is developed by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), ranked among the top universities in the QS World Rankings, in close collaboration with world-class experts from both the industry and academia. Therefore, it provides not only academic insights but also practical tools and examples which can be implemented in any organization, and can help you propose and develop your own circular solutions and programs.
Courses in this program
DelftX's Circular Strategies for Sustainable Healthcare Professional Certificate
- 6–8 hours per week, for 7 weeks
Apply theories, tools and best practices needed to design circular products or services for hospitals and other healthcare organizations.
- 6–8 hours per week, for 7 weeks
Learn to apply the principles of the circular economy in a hospital or healthcare organization to reduce waste and contribute to sustainable healthcare.
- Sustainability in healthcare can lead to many career paths and job opportunities as the demand for healthcare professionals with expertise in the circular economy is growing.
- The healthcare sector has an increasing need for sustainable solutions. This program will create opportunities for those who want to positively impact the environment.
- These courses will improve your knowledge of circular solutions and your ability to implement them in an organization, and therefore increase your career opportunities in this field.
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