In this blog post, I want to talk a bit about my current ideas of how I could organize and tackle this topic.
Right now, I feel like the next possible steps could be to narrow down the specific use cases, i.e. which mental or physical health problems I want to focus on. It would make sense to tailor the selection to the field where a potential partner operates. Preferably, I would like to work together with the AUVA Rehabilitationszentrum Meidling in Vienna. It would be a good pick for several reasons. I already know that they utilize VR treatment (and that there are aspects that could be improved). My brother was there and knows some of the staff. And lastly, the distance to Vienna, which isn’t that far from Graz.
However, I also feel like I shouldn’t limit myself to one hospital/potential partner because I have to consider what will happen if it doesn’t work out and no cooperation will be possible. I have tried to contact them several times via email or LinkedIn. However, I haven’t gotten a reply yet. So I will try the more direct route and call them directly. Nonetheless, I should also do research into any other medical facilities in the area. I am sure that there are other opportunities for cooperation.
Thinking more broadly, I also believe that it would be a good idea to take a look at all my previous blog posts from the first semester and get to the essence of what I researched and found interesting. Using a Design Thinking approach, the first blog posts were widening the research field and now I need to focus and narrow it down again.
Lastly, more practically speaking, I believe it is a good idea to schedule regularly time slots just for Design&Research and set aside a fixed time for that. Even though the schedule is already quite full, I can set aside a couple hours on e.g., Monday, to really think about this topic.
