Implementing a Design Thinking Project in a Biomedical Instrumentation Course

Design Thinking and Creativity: An Empirical Study on Their Correlation

“…In a quasi-experimental field study over a four-month period, Kurtmollaiev et al (2018) found that the intervention of design thinking training had a positive effect on participants' initiative and recognition of opportunities, their transformative capabilities, team innovation output, and team operational capability. Another study (Farrar, 2020) also showed that integrating design thinking into biomedical instrumentation projects could boost students' perception of learning. Through an online instructional technology platform, Novak and Mulvey (2020) found that, students preferred using design thinking rather than their creative thinking proper.…”

Decentralised Content Creation in Digital Learning: A Blockchain Concept

“…While blockchain is relatively a new concept, an innovation methodology called design thinking has shaped up over the last half-century with wide-ranging applications in business, management and engineering [16]. According to Tim Brown, CEO/IDEO, design thinking is "a discipline that uses the designer's sensibility and methods to match people's needs with what is technologically feasible and what a viable business strategy can convert into customer value and market opportunity" [16]. The planning and decision-making process in design thinking requires people from different fields [17].…”

Design as a quality improvement strategy: The case for design expertise

“…For example, the expertise of biomedical and clinical engineers who are often familiar with design principles and practices could be better harnessed by improvement efforts. 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 Software engineering students are also increasingly exposed to design thinking concepts. 66 , 67 Working with human factors specialists offers synergies to design-orientated improvement, especially those involved in occupational health/ergonomics programmes.…”