Peshawar
\nKhyber Medical University Institute of Medical Sciences (KMU-IMS) Kohat organized Pakistan\u2019s first design thinking training for MBBS students. The program aims to introduce students to design thinking as an approach to problem-solving through effective innovation in healthcare. Prof. Dr. Musarrat Jabeen Principal KIMS Kohat inaugurated the training and encouraged the students to make the most out of it.
\nThe lead trainer for the program was Mr. Fazali Subhan who is the head of BIC at Malakand University and an expert in design thinking and an internationally certified trainer. He has an MBA from the University of Liverpool, UK, and an MS from the University of Paris, France.
\nHe is an alumnus of the Australia Awards Short Course in Business Incubation Management at the University of Queensland, Australia, and has worked with various organizations and provided training in different countries on three continents.
\nMr. Fazali Subhan has been contributing to the improvement of Pakistan\u2019s startup and innovation ecosystem since 2012.
\nIt is clear that the design thinking approach to support healthcare innovation has been rapidly adopted in the Western world. In this regard, the University Of California San Francisco School Of Medicine has included design thinking in its curriculum since 2014.
\nThe school\u2019s design thinking and clinical empathy course is included under the title of how to use design thinking to improve patient care.
\nAnother example is the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, which has incorporated design thinking into its curriculum since 2015. The school\u2019s design thinking and communication course teach medical students how to improve patient communication.
\nIt is noteworthy that Khyber Medical University is the first university in the country to introduce design thinking at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
\nThe university has already organized two highly successful customized design thinking workshops for students from various healthcare domains. It is worth mentioning that Prof. Dr. Zia ul Haq wants to make healthcare education at KMU and its affiliated institutions at par with the world\u2019s top universities with more focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.
\nThe supervised design thinking training workshop is an important link in this series which was highly appreciated by the participants. The participants described the program as a refreshing experience and said that the training activities helped them step by step to increase their creative confidence.
\nThe participants were highly optimistic that this training would enable them to provide better care to their patients in the future and come up with innovative solutions that would revolutionize healthcare globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peshawar Khyber Medical University Institute of Medical Sciences (KMU-IMS) Kohat organized Pakistan\u2019s first design thinking training for MBBS students. The program aims to introduce students to design thinking as an approach to problem-solving through effective innovation in healthcare. Prof. Dr. Musarrat Jabeen Principal KIMS Kohat inaugurated the training and encouraged the students to make the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-329171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n