The development of IT systems for clinical health care has a long history. The first systems were developed by clinicians from within the medical practice who were fascinated by computers, and had discovered how computers could help the medical research process. Later private enterprises and professional computer scientists have dominated the market. The system development has moved the development process away from the end user and created a gap between user demands (often unspoken) and final product leading to suboptimal use or even rejection by the clinicians. Participatory methods for design in health informatics is a diverse collection of principles and practices aimed at making IT systems and health care institutions more responsive to user needs. A central principle of participatory design methods is the direct involvement of the intended users and/or beneficiaries in the co-design of IT systems. This PhD. course will introduce the history of participatory design as well as its theoretical background as well as presenting practical exercise methods and principles for participatory design. A number of international scholars will present their experience from specific participatory design projects. Furthermore the participating PhD students will present their studies and get feedback from a panel of international experts.

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