Integrating Design Thinking Into Undergraduate Nursing Education

NCT ID: NCT06673316

Last Updated: 2024-11-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-31

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Nurse Training

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention group

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

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Design thinking workshop

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

Control group

will NOT receive design thinking workshop

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• Nil

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Carmen Chan Yip Wing-han

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Carmen WH Chan

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Nethersole School of Nursing

Locations

The Nethersole School of Nursing, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Hong Kong

Central Contacts

Carmen WH Chan, RN, PhD

Role: CONTACT

whchan@cuhk.edu.hk

39436218

Mankei Tse

Role: CONTACT

mankeitse@cuhk.edu.hk

39433019

Facility Contacts

Carmen Chan

Role: primary

whchan@cuhk.edu.hk

39436218

Carmen WH Chan, RN, PhD

Role: backup

Keilee Mok

Role: backup

Marques Ng

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

SBRE-24-0219

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

24-0219

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id