6 ways design can supercharge innovation in health sciences and medical education

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, by 2033, the U.S. could experience a shortage of anywhere from 54,000 to 140,000 physicians. By just 2025, the consulting firm Mercer estimates that we’ll see significant shortages in nursing assistants (95,000), home health aides (446,000), nurse practitioners (29,000) and medical and lab technologists and technicians (nearly 100,000). An open room that allows for active learning, group work and technology use-like immersive virtual reality-can serve many different types of disciplines, courses and training needs. 4.