Michael Barbella, Managing Editor01.29.20
The scrubs are a dead giveaway. Sort of.
Without them, Bon Ku, M.D., can easily be lost amid the sea of ordinary workfolk in downtown Philadelphia. His non-clinical ensemble of choice—a suit (either casual or formal), button-down shirt (tie optional), and matching (but stylish) dress shoes—seems more befitting of an engineer, teacher, or C-level business executive.
Ku assumes all three roles during a typical workweek, though his main job is an emergency room physician at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. In addition to his ER duties, Ku works as an associate professor of emergency medicine at Jefferson’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College and is assistant dean for Health and Design. He also co-founded and currently directs the school’s Health Design Lab, a first-of-its-kind initiative that teaches medical students to solve healthcare challenges using design thinking methodology.
“What exactly is design thinking? My favorite definition comes from my colleague—author and designer Ellen Lupton. She says design thinking is a set of creative tools that generates ideas and solutions to meet hum
Without them, Bon Ku, M.D., can easily be lost amid the sea of ordinary workfolk in downtown Philadelphia. His non-clinical ensemble of choice—a suit (either casual or formal), button-down shirt (tie optional), and matching (but stylish) dress shoes—seems more befitting of an engineer, teacher, or C-level business executive.
Ku assumes all three roles during a typical workweek, though his main job is an emergency room physician at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. In addition to his ER duties, Ku works as an associate professor of emergency medicine at Jefferson’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College and is assistant dean for Health and Design. He also co-founded and currently directs the school’s Health Design Lab, a first-of-its-kind initiative that teaches medical students to solve healthcare challenges using design thinking methodology.
“What exactly is design thinking? My favorite definition comes from my colleague—author and designer Ellen Lupton. She says design thinking is a set of creative tools that generates ideas and solutions to meet hum
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