Teaching design thinking as a tool to address complex public health challenges in public health students: a case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Developing a public health workforce that can understand problems from a population perspective is essential in the design of impactful user-centred responses to current population health challenges. Design Thinking, a user-driven process for problem-defining and solution-finding, not only has utility in the field of public health but stands as a potential mechanism for developing critical skills -such as empathy, creativity and innovation- amongst future professionals. Though the literature reflects the use of DT across many health sciences disciplines, less research has been published on how students apply learned concepts using real-world challenges of their choice and what difficulties they face during the process.

Methods

This case study evaluates achieved le

SUBMITTER: Ingram C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9002025 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature