Course Overview
Hi, Welcome to Institutional Design! At this point in your interior design education, you have experienced studio projects that are either residential or are commercial. Within commercial interior design, there are design specialties. Institutional design is one of these specialties; it can be a rewarding career for an interior designer.
As you will learn, institutional projects can be banks, libraries, religious, educational, and healthcare facilities. The conceptual design of an institutional facility is critical to reducing stress and anxiety. However, since this type of project affects the health, safety, and welfare of the occupants, we need to ensure that codes and appropriate finishes, materials, and lighting are a
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The project milestones will demonstrate the application of appropriate codes, regulations, and standards; the selection and application of color principles, theories, and systems; and the formulation of a detailed and developed layout of furniture, fixtures, and equipment with regard to institutional design. You will also participate in learning activities along the way that will help you acquire the skills you need to complete this project. By the end of this course, you will understand the intricacies of healthcare design and be able to apply the knowledge of anthropometrics, human factors, and human behavior to the interior design …show more content…
Let’s thoughtfully consider solutions that will meet the client’s approval!
Milestone 5 Overview
Hi! Your project design and documentation has come a long way in just a few short weeks! Now, it is time to bring the individual parts of the project tasks together as one cohesive presentation. You have been working with the interior design team throughout the design and research process, and revising your drawings and specifications to meet healthcare criteria.
The next step is to present the solution to the community (medical staff, patients, and families). Since the community is not as familiar with the problems and solutions as the design team, creating a cohesive, streamlined, and graphically interesting visual and verbal presentation will be critical in receiving the final design approvals.
Your presentation may be only one item on the meeting agenda; you will have approximately ten minutes to present an overview of the design solution. If there is additional time, the viewers will ask questions and you can elaborate. In the professional environment, aspects of the design maybe questioned. You will want to be open minded, but still defend the reasoning behind the design
Displaced from their homeland, many of the old traditions and practices of Hmong refugees are re-established in their new abodes in Washington Park. They reproduce their home in alien buildings built by 20th Century German Americans. Duplexes, four-squares, and Victorian cottages become stage sets where daily life and practices of Hmong families unfold, where memories and practices from the past are enacted and remembered. Buildings are cultural products—the interior layout of rooms, the relationship between various interior spaces, the visual and architectural character reflect the cultural values of those who built these structures. Doors, walls, entrances act as boundaries between various social domains— public, private, male, female, nature, culture, leisure, and recreation.
Phase 2: Decision and Engagement In the second phase, thought is required of inside limit and capacities of the hospital, neighbourhood responsibility for the issue, and probability of creating 'do-capable' arrangements. Phase 3: Environmental scan and identification of strategic issues This stage includes a point by point examination of the present circumstance. Firstly, suppliers (private, open and non-government hospitals), neighbourhood government, industry and other important hospitals to workshop the issue and main drivers, recognize a procedure or procedure to advance, characterize parts and obligations of organizations to advance critical thinking, and create more extensive correspondence technique.
Nathan Graff Professor Scab LA-ENG 0802 20 March 2023 On Sinead Burke’s “Why Design Should Include Everyone” Sinead Burke delivers a brief but powerful oration on her experiences as a person whom society does not account for when designing facilities. Burke utilizes rhetorical appeals to show to her audience the relevance and importance of the issue.
Last week I found the information that I gathered from the assignment on conducting a visit to a local healthcare facility to hold the most interesting concepts from me. Having worked for different healthcare facilities, I have had my share of Joint Commission visits. It is not at all a visit that hospital employees look forward to. Learning about the details behind what the surveyors intend to achieve by examining hospital practices, questioning employees and asking patients about their stay makes more sense now.
Communication in the operating room is very important. If surgeons and nurses are not communicating effectively it can directly affect the quality of patient care and safety. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, which estimated the fifth leading cause of death in hospitals in the United States was due to health care errors (Mason, Gardner, Outlaw, Freida, 2016). To help reduce these errors, effective communication needs to be exercised throughout health care.
ACOs is consider to be groups of doctors, hospitals and insurance companies that connection together to offer a higher-quality of patient care. By improving the quality of care and making more cost-efficient health care decisions. There are ACO core standards in place to ensure that health providers receive the appropriate incentives across the board. ACO’s also have to establish a system wide approach to continuous improvement, and communication, and education to ensure that the quality of care is cost effective. ACO 's Strategic Plan ACO’s require to meet certain benchmarks for keeping patients healthy without requiring a hospital stay.
I always thought healthcare was affordable and accessible to all, but as I grew older I began to realize the many gaps present in our system. As a part of the Design Cultures and Creativity program, I look forward to exploring a way I can bridge the gap between healthcare and minority populations. Affordable healthcare is something I am extremely passionate about and am super excited to build upon this interest as a part of the DCC program. A connection between creativity and passion is something I seek in my undergraduate studies, and the DCC program perfectly fits my desires. Through the DCC program, I will explore new ways I can make a difference in my community and implement them in my future medical
Briefly summarize your final project to share with classmates. My concept of concern is safety of the intubated patients in intensive care units (ICU's). On all the three ICU's where I work, we are asked not to use restraints. My PICO question is stated below. The use of restraints is overused.
Quite an interesting article. It’s interesting to note that Cleveland clinic went out of its way just to redesign hospital gowns to improve patient reviews, which in part, is influenced by federal initiatives as the Affordable Care Act’s focus on quality of care (Luthra, 2015). Bottom line is, the measure of quality care is tied in to the patient’s comfort thereby leading to a better patient experience. And the more satisfactory the patient experience is, the hospital gets guaranteed funding for Medicare payments. Now regarding measuring the experience of having new gowns designed for patient comfort, using graphs and scales that contain quantitative information is one way to measure experience and this consists of numbers that measure performance, predict the future and identify opportunities (Few, 2005).
When Jill presents her suggestions to the hospital administrator, she will be sure her implementations include the entire healthcare team, consider patients and their values, and will not be bias toward any additional suggestions someone else may have. Jill will take safe and proper legal steps in implementing changes within the hospital, and make sure it is focused on patient centered
Environmental characteristics such as the location of the medication room (n 28, 34.1 and the medication dispensation method (n 28, 34.6%) were rated "somewhat helpful. " Environmental characteristics rated as "somewhat problematic" were the nursing station layout (n 26, 31.7%), size of the medication room (n = 29, 34.9%), and heating and cooling systems (n =- 28, 33.7%). Lack of privacy in the nursing stations (n 32, 38.6%) and visibility to all areas of the nursing unit (n 31, 37.8%) were rated the most problematic environmental characteristics (Chaudhury et al.,
I strive to maintain open and transparent communication channels with all members of the healthcare team. This involves active listening, sharing relevant information, and providing timely updates regarding the patient's condition and progress. By fostering a culture of collaboration and information sharing, we can make informed decisions, prevent misunderstandings, and provide the best possible care to individuals. Additionally, I actively seek opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
_ Using custom personal building set to improve quality life. Goals: Research techniques, organization abilities and a wider knowledge. But also to discover my own limits in a passionate theme, and find my professional career
The Bauhaus is an Art and Architecture school founded in Germany in 1919. It is considered as the most influential art school in design history and the leading ideology in modernism that was a philosophical movement arose as result of rapid urbanization and industrialization in the early 20th century (Lewis, 2000, p.38). The name Bauhaus derived from the German word ‘bauen’ – to build and ‘haus’ which means the house (Mack, 1963, p.1). As the industrialization has been a dominating factor to the society, understanding about Bahaus’ ideas are still encouraged comprehended. This essay will discuss the aesthetic approach that rejected decorative details in the Bauhaus in which, the manipulation of art form and the use of design principles are
o Light: Have adequate lighting in the patient’s room. o Noise: Keep noise to the minimum. o Health of houses: The five essentials of efficient drainage, cleanliness, pure water, light and pure air.