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Cain, Rebecca, Marshall, Paul and Payne, Sarah R. (2011) Participatory design fit for the 21st century : improving the design of an emergency department in a UK hospital. In: IASDR 2011, Delft, The Netherlands, 31 Oct - 4 Nov 2011. Published in: Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Design Research, IASDR 2011 ISBN 9789461907189.
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Abstract
Design has enormous potential to affect people’s
health and wellbeing. One way to improve staff and
patient experiences of healthcare services and
environments is to use participatory, or co-design
approaches. However, the issue is that participatory
design projects are often described as taking place in
“greenhouse settings”, shielded from the time
constraints of everyday work, where workers are
given time off their everyday duties to participate in
design improvement projects typically in intensive
face to face sessions. The challenge therefore, is
this: in today’s economic climate with the time and
financial pressures facing healthcare staff in a busy,
stressful environment, how can staff and patients be
engaged in extended participatory design
improvement projects at the minimum cost but with
the maximum benefit? This paper describes a
yearlong participatory design research exercise
which is underway to improve the physical
environment of a busy UK hospital Emergency
Department.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration T Technology > TH Building construction |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Interior decoration, Hospitals -- Emergency services -- Great Britain | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Design Research, IASDR 2011 | ||||
| ISBN: | 9789461907189 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||||
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
| Title of Event: | IASDR 2011 | ||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
| Location of Event: | Delft, The Netherlands | ||||
| Date(s) of Event: | 31 Oct - 4 Nov 2011 |
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