Design Thinking and Bioprinting With Ohlone College
Design thinking is an invaluable skill that incorporates holistic first-person perspectives with rational and analytical thinking to arrive at creative solutions. It is an effective approach to tackling complex business, social, and technological problems. When design thinking is applied to healthcare and medicine, it leads to an innovative solution that may be more effective than other methods. x The principles of design thinking can be summed up in five simple steps: 1. Empathize with the users 2. Define the user’s needs and problems along with your own insights 3. Ideate by challenging assumptions and create new concepts and thought processes 4. Prototype by creating different solutions 5. Test out all the solutions In early March, we collaborated with Ohlone College to run a special projects program for the CTE Health Science Pathway . The purpose of the project ...