Planning and delivering co-creation workshops: practical lessons from digital health device design

Area of Science:

• Biomedical Engineering
• Digital Health
• Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

• Co-creation is vital in digital health but often theoretical and fragmented.
• Engineers and physical scientists need practical guidance for stakeholder engagement.

Purpose of the Study:

• To provide a practical, modular toolkit for planning and delivering co-creation workshops.
• To guide engineers and researchers in integrating stakeholder engagement into biomedical device development.
• To offer a worked example using an overactive bladder treatment device.

Main Methods:

• Developed a modular toolkit (Purpose, Content, Delivery) based on participatory design frameworks.
• Illustrated the process with a case study of an overactive bladder treatment device.
• Utilized an electronic whiteboard for efficient data capture and analysis.

Main Results:

• The toolkit offers an accessible starting point for applying co-creation principles.
• An electronic whiteboard streamlined data organization and insight generation.
• The end-to-end example aligns practical application with co-design literature.

Conclusions:

• This paper provides a concise, practice-oriented reference for effective co-creation in digital health.
• Early-career researchers and engineers can use this guide to enhance biomedical device development through stakeholder engagement.