IMG.4430 Design for Change in Healthcare
This course is an introduction to design thinking. Health care systems require continuous innovation to meet the needs of patients and providers. Design Thinking is an action-oriented approach to creating solutions. Over the course of the semester, students will define, ideate and prototype solutions to a problem they identify in healthcare practice. In addition to learning and participating in the process of design thinking, students will practice the design thinking mindsets of empathy, collaboration, optimism, embracing failure, creative confidence, and a bias toward action. The course will be teamwork-oriented, but students will also complete readings and independent activities that support the group work and ensure individual knowledge.