Integrating Design Thinking Into Undergraduate Nursing Education

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Nurse Training

Treatments: Other: Design thinking workshop

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06673316

24-0219

SBRE-24-0219 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Previous studies have demonstrated that design thinking workshops can indeed produce these effects in healthcare education settings. However, its effectiveness in nursing curriculum is inconclusive. This research project aims to introduce and integrate design thinking principles into the undergraduate nursing program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the Nethersole School of Nursing. By implementing a comprehensive study encompassing desktop research, a 3-hour introductory workshop, and pre- and post-evaluations over a 9-month period, the investigators seek to enhance nursing students' problem-solving skills, empathy, creativity, collaboration, and patient-centered care attitude.

Full description

Subjects A group of 50 second-year undergraduate nursing students at CUHK Nethersole School of Nursing who volunteer to participate in the research. Participants will be randomly assigned to either: i) Intervention group (n=25): Receives the design thinking workshop; ii) Control group (n=25): Receives no intervention (continues with regular curriculum). According to Hertzog (2008), a minimum of 25 subjects per group would be considered sufficient for the purposes of pilot testing. Students who have prior experience in joining design thinking workshop will be excluded.

Methodology This study employs a pilot randomized controlled design to evaluate the impact of a design thinking workshop on undergraduate nursing students' problem-solving abilities and related skills. The methodology encompasses a comprehensive literature review, pre- and post-workshop assessments, and a 3-hour introductory workshop on design thinking principles applied to healthcare challenges.

1. Systematic review and preparation of material A systematic review will be conducted to examine existing applications of design thinking in healthcare education, particularly in nursing, informing workshop curriculum development in terms of content, delivery method and evaluation approach.
2. Pre-Workshop Evaluation An online survey one month before the workshop will be conducted to assess participants' baseline skills and attitudes using validated instruments. These instruments measure problem-solving abilities, empathy, creativity, collaboration, and patient-centered care attitudes.
3. Design Thinking Workshop A 3-hour introductory workshop will cover the five stages of design thinking: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test. Students will work on scenario of real-world healthcare challenges, and apply design thinking principles to develop innovative solutions.
4. Post-Workshop Evaluation Immediately after the workshop, participants will complete a post-workshop survey using the same instruments as the pre-workshop evaluation, allowing for comparison of scores.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergraduate nursing students at CUHK Nethersole School of Nursing who volunteer to participate in the research.

Exclusion criteria

• Nil

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the experimental group will receive a 3-hour design thinking workshop. The workshop will cover the five stages of design thinking, allowing students to apply these principles to real-world healthcare challenges in their future practice

Treatment:

Other: Design thinking workshop

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

will NOT receive design thinking workshop