On tUesday, Speteber 1st Design for Health research group at OsloMet had the pleasure of bringing together researchers, designers, and clinicians for an engaging and productive AdaptEx co-design workshop. The workshop united the OsloMet Design for Health team, led by Nenad Pavel and Trust Saidi, with dedicated clinicians from the Oslo Municipality Aker Hospital team around a shared vision: improving rehabilitation outcomes for children with brain injuries through innovative digital solutions.

Designing for Recovery Beyond the Hospital

At the heart of the AdaptEx project is an ambitious and meaningful goal: the development of a digital dashboard that supports home-based rehabilitation for children with brain injury. By combining clinical expertise with human-centered design approaches, we are working to create tools that make rehabilitation more engaging for children, more empowering for families, and more informative for healthcare professionals.

Home rehabilitation presents unique challenges and opportunities. Through collaborative design processes, we aim to ensure that digital solutions are grounded in the real needs and experiences of children, caregivers, and clinicians alike.

The Value of Co-Design

The workshop provided a valuable space for participants to share experiences, identify challenges, and generate ideas for future development. The clinical insights, empathy, and creativity contributed by participants helped shape a deeper understanding of how digital technologies can support rehabilitation journeys beyond traditional healthcare settings.

The discussion highlighted the importance of designing solutions that are not only technologically robust but also meaningful, accessible, and responsive to the everyday realities of families navigating recovery at home.

A Strong and Growing Collaboration

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who participated and contributed to making the workshop such a success. Special thanks go to Ingvild Rosseland, Åse Bergheim, and their outstanding colleagues from Oslo Municipality for their continued commitment to this collaboration and for the productive partnership we have developed over the years.

Supporting Future Health and Care Services

The AdaptEx project directly aligns with OsloMet’s thematic research area Future Health and Care Services, which promotes innovative, collaborative, and technology-enabled approaches to healthcare. By bringing together expertise across disciplines and sectors, we are working toward solutions that improve care delivery and support better health outcomes where they matter most: in people’s everyday lives.

We look forward to the next stages of the project and to continuing this exciting collaboration as we co-design the future of pediatric rehabilitation.

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