A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design: A Guide for Professionals and Healthcare Organizations

A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design: A Guide for Professionals and Healthcare Organizations is a webinar presentation of the information covered in the book A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design, which explores the application of evidence-based design in healthcare settings. 

A picture is worth a thousand words and there are dozens of photos in A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design, a new book by Jain Malkin. In this webinar training session, the author will discuss her work in the field of evidence-based healthcare design and the projects and case studies she has chosen to highlight. The research behind the projects will be discussed in detail to give design professionals ideas to weave into their own projects.

 

This lively discussion, which includes a Question & Answer session with the author, will introduce participants to studies from a wide number of sources and outline the some of the most essential tenets of healthcare design today.  The presentation also features plans of some of the most inventive inpatient units currently under construction.

Webinar Learning Objectives

 

• Apply evidence-based design theory in healthcare
• Enhance communication when planning projects
• Design clinical spaces that enhance patient safety
• Consider the needs of patients and families in design projects
• Use ideas from some of the most inventive inpatient units being built
  

About the Speaker

Jain Malkin, CID, AAHID

Jain Malkin is President and Founder of the San Diego, California, interior architecture firm, Jain Malkin Inc. that specializes in healthcare facilities. A leader in the field of health care design, Malkin has lectured widely and written numerous articles on the psychological effects of health care environments. For 12 years, Ms. Malkin taught at Harvard University in the Graduate School of Design and is often a keynote speaker at conferences on topics relating to research-based design and creating optimal patient experiences. She is the author Hospital Interior Architecture and Medical and Dental Space Planning: A Comprehensive Guide to Design, Equipment, and Clinical Procedures, both published by John Wiley & Sons and A Visual Reference for Evidence-based Design published by The Center for Health Design.

Ms. Malkin has been named by California Medicine magazine one of California's 100 most interesting and influential health care leaders and she was awarded the 1997 Hyde Chair of Excellence at the University of Nebraska College of Architecture.

 

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