"Build narrow. Test fast. Expand." — Solving for a real situation in a domain you have to learn
The Ministry of Health of Bhutan has a 28-page clinical guideline for managing multidrug-resistant organisms — bacteria that resist most antibiotics. Globally, antibiotic resistance kills 1.27 million people per year. The guideline exists. The problem: no one working in a busy ER, an isolation ward, or a cleaning role can pause to read and interpret it in the moment they need it.
Piranavan Selvanandan, a technical consultant approached by contacts in Bhutan to make this guideline actionable, is bringing this challenge directly to you. He'll work with you in Weeks 10 and 11.
Your job is not to solve the whole problem. Find one specific human moment where the guideline fails the person who needs it. Design a human process that addresses that moment. Build something that supports that process. Iterate.
Goals 20% · Reflections 20% · Demo 40% · Engagement 20%
Before Week 9 Class
Three things to do between Demo Day and Week 9. Do them in order.
Five foundational claims about this course. Connect each to your actual Sprint 1-2 work. Handwritten, photographed.
Structured AI-discussion that pushes you to find specific evidence in your Sprint 1-2 work for each claim.
Read pages 1-8 of the Bhutan MDRO guideline and skim the rest. Come to class with one part you think is particularly hard for a clinical worker to act on.