Design thinking: innovation in nursing teacher training

Abstract

Objectives: to describe a pedagogical workshop based on Design Thinking in the context ofteacher education in nursing. Method: experience report on a pedagogical workshop thatused Design Thinking as an active methodology. Fifteen graduate, master and doctoral students from a public Brazilian higher education institution participated. The stages of Design Thinking discovery, interpretation, ideation and prototyping were organized into three stages and seven activities. Results: for the application of Design Thinking, a strategic challenge was proposed, which allowed participants to develop interaction, collaboration and empathy. The solution to the challenge resulted in three prototypes. The workshop was positively evaluated and the teachers in training identified Design Thinking as an active methodology that can be applied in the context of undergraduate nursing. Conclusion: creative and disruptive ideas were created by nursing professors in training using Design Thinking as an active methodology.