UPenn Nursing Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation

Empathy


Empathy is what nurses do best! Empathy is the first stage of the design thinking process.

Course Module Details

Empathy allows you to gain a deeper understanding of the people or population for whom you are designing. The process involves immersing oneself in the community to gain actionable insight.

 

Watch this video first to learn about Empathy (2:56).

To learn more about Empathy, Watch, Read, Listen and Do!

01

Watch

Watch the videos to see what is possible

(7:15 min)

02

Read

Read the selected materials to solidify your knowledge

(31 min)

03

Listen

Listen to hear stories about design thinking in practice

(34:41 min)

04

Do

Do the selected activities to show yourself that you can DO this! 

(2 hrs 45 min)

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