Enhancing innovation in medical students through imaginative driven models

Chinese medical students lack innovation skills due to traditional teaching systems. To enhance innovation skills, the present study aims to develop a new learning model. This study develops an Imaginative Activity-Based Model by employing the Design and Development Research (DDR) approach to enhance Innovation for Chinese Medical Students. For the need analysis, data from 150 students were surveyed and thereafter analyzed through SPSS. Whereas data from 9 experts were collected to develop the design of the DDR model. The Fuzzy Delphi Method has been employed to test the data. The findings of the first phase, through 6 experts, confirm the need for the development of this new model. Findings of the design phase through identified 19 activities confirm the design of the new model. The third phase of evaluation evidence through defuzzification values ranged from 33.6 to 42.0, confirming the moderating level of experts' agreement on the usability of the model. Finally, it should be concluded that this model has potential for developing innovation in Chinese medical students.