Cocreating eating disorder education solutions: A design thinking approach to dietetics curricula in Australia.
J Hum Nutr Diet
; 2024 Jun 10.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
As the prevalence of eating disorders continues to increase, there is an urgent need to equip the emerging dietetics workforce to provide care to this growing population. The present study aimed to describe a five-step design thinking process that was applied to brainstorm ideas and develop and test solutions for consideration in the future.METHODS:
A pragmatic, five-step design thinking approach was used during a 1-day, in-person design thinking retreat. Purposive sampling was used to identify key stakeholders, including subject matter, learning and teaching, as well as lived experience experts, dietetics students and recent graduates. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyse brainstormed and design solution ideas.RESULTS:
Seventeen participants attended the design thinking retreat in April 2023. Four education prototypes were developed and tested by stakeholders including (1) a change to accreditation requirements for dietetics curricula; (2) a multimodal learning package for penultimate year students; (3) embedding disordered eating and eating disorder content into existing curriculum and upskilling educators; and (4) codesigning an eating disorder module.CONCLUSIONS:
The design thinking retreat engaged a variety of stakeholders in curriculum design resulting in an array of prototype approaches that aimed to embed eating disorder content into university curricula. Further research is needed to test the prototypes and understand what impact this has on dietetics students' feelings of preparedness to provide care to people seeking this support.
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MEDLINE
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J Hum Nutr Diet
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
Año:
2024
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Article
País de afiliación:
Australia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido