Design Thinking in Medical Education: The Key Features and Practical Application
John Sandars, Poh Sun Goh
Abstract
Design thinking is a process that applies both creativity and innovation to iteratively develop and implement a new product. The design thinking process also enhances design thinking skills that are essential for personal and professional life in a complex world. Health care is increasingly being faced with complex problems, and the education of current and future doctors in design thinking is an important curricular challenge for all medical educators. Medical educators will need to enhance their own design thinking skills to enable them to effectively respond to this challenge.
Topics & Concepts
CreativityDesign thinkingKey (lock)Critical systems thinkingProcess (computing)Critical thinkingEngineering ethicsProduct (mathematics)Creative thinkingParallel thinkingProduct designLateral thinkingSystems thinkingKnowledge managementComputer sciencePsychologyPedagogyEngineeringHuman–computer interactionArtificial intelligenceComputer securityMathematicsSocial psychologyOperating systemGeometryBiomedical and Engineering EducationDesign Education and PracticeProblem and Project Based Learning