Medical Graduate, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Intern, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan.
Arch Dis Child. 2017 Oct;102(10):963-967. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312123. Epub 2017 May 26.
Standardisation in paediatric medicine may have the unintended effect of stifling innovation. Thinking outside the box becomes even more important in low-income to middle-income countries like Pakistan, where a large paediatric population requires healthcare. In addition, there is always a lack of funds, making an innovative, low-cost and high impact solution all the more necessary. While regulation and formal research is an integral part of the process, the local synthesis of a solution must start with a creative idea. To address the dearth of avenues promoting lateral thinking relevant to biomedicine and healthcare among students and faculty, the Critical Creative Innovative Thinking forum was formed at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, by a group consisting of students and faculty in 2014. The primary objective of the forum was to provide an arena conducive to lateral thinking and to equip biomedical professionals with the skill set to enable and promote creativity and innovation. This paper seeks to outline those efforts and discuss their potential impact on paediatric care for resource-limited settings.
标准化在儿科医学中可能会产生意想不到的抑制创新的效果。在巴基斯坦等中低收入国家，创新思维更为重要，因为这些国家有大量的儿科人口需要医疗保健。此外，资金总是缺乏，因此，创新、低成本和高影响力的解决方案就更加必要。虽然监管和正式研究是这个过程的一个组成部分，但解决方案的本地综合必须从创造性的想法开始。为了解决学生和教师中与生物医学和医疗保健相关的横向思维途径不足的问题，Critical Creative Innovative Thinking 论坛于 2014 年在巴基斯坦卡拉奇的 Aga Khan 大学由一群学生和教师组成。该论坛的主要目标是提供一个有利于横向思维的场所，并为生物医学专业人员提供技能，以实现并促进创造力和创新。本文旨在概述这些努力，并讨论它们对资源有限环境中的儿科护理的潜在影响。
