{"id":2768,"date":"2026-10-16T14:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsn.quebec\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2768"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:40:39","slug":"co-creation-digital-health-solutions-workshop-2026","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/rsn.quebec\/en\/evenement\/co-creation-digital-health-solutions-workshop-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-Creation of Digital Health Solutions Workshop 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dates:<\/strong> Thursday, November 12, 2026, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, November 13, 2026, 8:45 a.m. to 4:25 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Mila Agora, 6650 Saint-Urbain Street, Montreal<\/p>\n<p><strong>In collaboration with:<\/strong> the P\u00f4le de sant\u00e9 publique, the Centre de recherches math\u00e9matiques (CRM), Mila, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)<\/p>\n<p>On November 12 and 13, 2026, the Digital Health Network (RSN) is holding a free, non-competitive co-creation workshop. Students from all disciplines and partner patients and citizens work in teams on a real digital health question, chosen together from a lived situation.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop starts from a person, not a technology. On Thursday morning, each partner citizen presents their situation in one minute, and teams form around these situations. No competition and no code to deliver: each team leaves with a roadmap, a mock-up and a plain-language visual.<\/p>\n<p>On the agenda: two panels (governance, ethics and access to health data; from project to lasting solution), thematic tables and three mentored workshops.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #2b4c73; margin-top: 1.5em;\">Who is it for?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner patients and citizens<\/li>\n<li>Students in health, public health, nursing, pharmacy and kinesiology<\/li>\n<li>Students in data, statistics, computer science and artificial intelligence<\/li>\n<li>Students in design, arts and communication<\/li>\n<li>Students in social sciences, urban planning, environment and law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No programming knowledge is required. There is no need to register as a team: teams form on site on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #2b4c73; margin-top: 1.5em;\">Practical information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Free, meals included.<\/strong> Registration until November 6, 2026. Space is limited.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Compensation for partner patients and citizens:<\/strong> $250 per day of attendance, up to $500 for both days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Help with travel and accommodation costs,<\/strong> upon presentation of receipts, based on travel time to Montreal. Maximum amounts for both days:\n<ul>\n<li>students: $200 for 1.5 to 3.5 hours of travel, $350 beyond 3.5 hours;<\/li>\n<li>partner patients and citizens: $300 for 1.5 to 3.5 hours of travel, $450 beyond 3.5 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> the workshop is held in French. A good understanding of French is required. At the tables, discussions can take place in French or English.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the details are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/event.fourwaves.com\/en\/cocreation-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 2.5em 0;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block !important; padding: 18px 34px !important; line-height: 1.2 !important; background-color: #2b4c73 !important; color: #ffffff !important; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; background-image: none !important; text-decoration: none !important; border-radius: 6px;\" href=\"https:\/\/event.fourwaves.com\/en\/a205dd10-5234-40ec-a4f1-56256a4540dd\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register by November 6 \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #2b4c73; margin-top: 1.5em;\">Program<\/h3>\n<p><em>Preliminary program, subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #2b4c73; margin-top: 1.2em;\">Day 1: Thursday, November 12<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background: #2B4C73; color: #fff; text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; width: 110px;\">Time<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #2B4C73; color: #fff; text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px;\">Activity<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #F2F4F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">8:45 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Welcome and coffee<\/strong><br \/>\nPick up your badge and grab a coffee.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">9:30 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Opening remarks<\/strong><br \/>\nWelcome by the RSN and a partner citizen. Presentation of the three deliverables and of how the two days will unfold.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">9:45 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Team formation and open table<\/strong><br \/>\nEach partner citizen presents, in one minute, the lived situation they wish to share. Teams form around these situations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #F2F4F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">10:45 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\">Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">11:00 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Panel 1. Governance, ethics and access to health data<\/strong><br \/>\nThree complementary perspectives (ethics, data law and governance, data access), based on a fictional case. Interactive panel, no presentations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">11:45 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>First ideas in teams<\/strong><br \/>\nEach team writes down two or three ideas: \u201cWhat if we helped [whom] to [do what] with [which tool or data]?\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #F2F4F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">12:05 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\">Lunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">1:20 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Workshop 1. Choosing and framing the question<\/strong><br \/>\nChoose an idea, frame it as a question, then check that it is precise, feasible in two days and linked to data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #F2F4F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">2:50 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\">Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">3:05 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Thematic tables<\/strong><br \/>\nFive tables in parallel: datasets, which method for which question, getting through an ethics committee, science communication and design, social acceptability and public health. Two 20-minute rounds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">3:45 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Launch of the three streams<\/strong><br \/>\nEach team splits up between the roadmap, the mock-up and the visual.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">4:25 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Walls of questions, needs and offers<\/strong><br \/>\nEach team presents its question in 90 seconds. The room responds in writing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">5:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px;\">End of day one<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4 style=\"color: #2b4c73; margin-top: 1.5em;\">Day 2: Friday, November 13<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background: #2B4C73; color: #fff; text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; width: 110px;\">Time<\/th>\n<th style=\"background: #2B4C73; color: #fff; text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px;\">Activity<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #F2F4F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">8:45 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Coffee and gallery<\/strong><br \/>\nThe walls from the previous day stay up. Read the notes left on your team&#8217;s question.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">9:10 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\">Framing the day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">9:25 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Workshop 2. Feasibility<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat is needed, what exists, what is blocking, what we don&#8217;t know yet. Mentors in methods, knowledge transfer and partnerships move between the tables.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #F2F4F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">10:55 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\">Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">11:10 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Panel 2. From project to lasting solution<\/strong><br \/>\nThree complementary perspectives (implementation science, supporting innovation through to deployment, clinical practice) on moving from a research result to a tool that is actually used.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #F2F4F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">11:55 a.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\">Lunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">1:10 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Workshop 3, part 1. Produce<\/strong><br \/>\nEach stream moves forward with its mentors. By 2 p.m., each stream has a draft to show.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #F2F4F7;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">2:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\">Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">2:15 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Critical friends, then workshop 3, part 2. Finalize<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo teams swap drafts, then 40 minutes to finalize the three deliverables.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">3:25 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Deliverables fair<\/strong><br \/>\nEach team presents its deliverables and visits those of the other teams.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">4:05 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDE2EA;\"><strong>Closing remarks<\/strong><br \/>\nNext steps and follow-up offered by the RSN.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; font-weight: 600; vertical-align: top;\">4:25 p.m.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px;\">Informal drinks (optional)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 2.5em 0;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block !important; padding: 18px 34px !important; line-height: 1.2 !important; background-color: #2b4c73 !important; color: #ffffff !important; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; background-image: none !important; text-decoration: none !important; border-radius: 6px;\" href=\"https:\/\/event.fourwaves.com\/en\/a205dd10-5234-40ec-a4f1-56256a4540dd\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register by November 6 \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Questions: <a href=\"mailto:rsn.central@rimuhc.ca\">rsn.central@rimuhc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #2b4c73; margin-top: 2em; text-align: center;\">Our partners<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; max-width: 760px; margin: 0.5em auto 1em;\">This workshop is organized by the Digital Health Network (RSN), in collaboration with the P\u00f4le de sant\u00e9 publique, the Centre de recherches math\u00e9matiques (CRM), Mila, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), with the support of the Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec (FRQ).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 10px 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fourwaves.com\/static\/media\/filecontent\/737c8240-20ee-47c1-947d-33d7629036fc\/79c99ca6-3577-4d49-a4df-3bc6fb642492.webp?fit=max&amp;auto=format&amp;w=948\" alt=\"Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec\" width=\"135\" height=\"90\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 10px 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/rsn.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/logo-pole-sante-publique-transparent.png\" alt=\"P\u00f4le de sant\u00e9 publique (public health hub)\" width=\"178\" height=\"55\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 10px 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fourwaves.com\/static\/media\/filecontent\/737c8240-20ee-47c1-947d-33d7629036fc\/6ca44bf6-c04a-458d-88ee-a67847af3fb2.png?fit=max&amp;auto=format&amp;w=948\" alt=\"Centre de recherches math\u00e9matiques\" width=\"180\" height=\"55\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 10px 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fourwaves.com\/static\/media\/filecontent\/737c8240-20ee-47c1-947d-33d7629036fc\/e4a2ba2e-39e4-4518-8928-3e1934726a36.png?fit=max&amp;auto=format&amp;w=948\" alt=\"Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al\" width=\"132\" height=\"60\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 10px 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fourwaves.com\/static\/media\/filecontent\/737c8240-20ee-47c1-947d-33d7629036fc\/0b1acf51-8c92-4e28-98ce-c968bc092581.jpg?fit=max&amp;auto=format&amp;w=948\" alt=\"Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre\" width=\"185\" height=\"90\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 10px 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.fourwaves.com\/static\/media\/filecontent\/737c8240-20ee-47c1-947d-33d7629036fc\/ccd0be51-1a46-4431-955c-002c6adfe13f.png?fit=max&amp;auto=format&amp;w=948\" alt=\"Mila\" width=\"147\" height=\"55\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The workshop starts from a person, not a technology. 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