Undergraduate nursing students' learning experiences using design thinking on a human development course: A phenomenological study.
Nurse Educ Pract
; 75: 103886, 2024 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
To explore nursing students' perceptions of their design thinking learning experiences on a human development course.BACKGROUND:
Design thinking is a person-centered analytic and creative learning process that promotes higher order thinking skills rather than knowledge retention alone. Currently, this is the first study that has investigated the use of the design thinking process for nursing students on a human development course.DESIGN:
A phenomenological research design.METHODS:
The participants were first-year nursing students enrolled on a human development course at a Taiwanese university. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2022 and sufficiently high information power was obtained after 15 participants were interviewed. Data were systematically analysed, summarized and decoded using Colaizzi's seven analysis steps.RESULTS:
Three themes and twelve subthemes emerged from the data. (1) Challenges experienced with the design thinking learning process participants experienced anxiety because of the unfamiliar assignments, and they found the assignments to be thought-consuming, time-consuming and energy-consuming, plus the students needed to adapt to working in teams with classmates. (2) Adjustment strategies employed byparticipants:
participants highlighted the importance of teamwork during the design thinking learning process. They achieved consensus through communication and sought support from others to overcome challenges related to design thinking; however, they ultimately needed to engage in problem-solving by themselves. (3) Developing the diversity of academic capabilities after the human development course, participants experienced enriched mindsets, cognitive abilities, problem-solving skills, interpersonal relationships and knowledge application.CONCLUSIONS:
Design thinking provides creative teaching opportunities and encourages nursing students to engage in experimental and creative learning, which is a meaningful experience for them. Nurse educators could use the insights thus obtained to design a curriculum that sources design thinking as a learning process while facilitating the complexity and diversity of students' higher order thinking skills and not just repetitive learning.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Enfermería
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Bachillerato en Enfermería
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurse Educ Pract
Asunto de la revista:
EDUCACAO
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ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido