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EDAC 2.2
Understanding Research in Healthcare Design
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Art/Design
Post-Graduate
10/24/2010

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Term
What is the difference between EXPERT experiential knowledge and USER experiential knowledge?
Definition
Expert groups include the project design team as well as consultants. User knowledge is acquired from central user groups: patients and their families, and focus groups.
Term
What is Boolean logic and when is it used?
Definition
Boolean logic is used when accessing information. It is a system using operator words to formulate queries for building search strings. It is based on binary logic and can be used to search most full text search engines as well as subject directories.
Term
What hospital did a study of the Participatory Design Process?
Definition

Palomar Pomerado Health,

Escondido, CA

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What is Endnote?
Definition
A type of citation software.
Term

When looking for evidence, what type of search allows search of multiple databases at once?

Definition
Federated Search / Deep Web
Term

The EBD Wheel is a type of:

 

  1. visual presentation
  2. text information
  3. both
Definition
  1. visual presentation
  2. text information
  3. both
Term

What are two examples of free indexing services?

 

Definition
  1. Pubmed
  2. Google Scholar
Term
Where is information located?
Definition
  1. Journals
  2. Academic Papers
  3. Conference Presentations
  4. Archival material
  5. In house case studies
Term

Name three different kinds of journals and give examples of each.

Definition
  1. Peer Reviewed (i.e. Pediatrics, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research)
  2. Professional or Trade Journals (i.e. Architectural Record, Healthcare Design magazine, Contract)
  3. Popular magazines (i.e. National Geographic, The New Yorker, Scientific American)
Term
What are 5 classifications for Evidence?
Definition
1. Health related Outcomes
2.Operational Performance
3. Design interpretations
4.Experiences
5. Sustainable Designs.
Term
What are 3 steps in EBD that occur in the Design Phase of a project?
Definition
1. Interpret evidence
2. Create Concepts
3. Hypothesize
Term

Why is it important to make sure that design challenges are informed by the users and experts in the space where the design research will be conducted?

Definition

Early inclusion of the user and expert knowledge in the project will help to foster cultural transformation by ensuring that all the stakeholders' needs and perspectives are considered.

Term
What are 4 building blocks of a literature review?
Definition

define the research question

locate the information

critically evaluate and interpret the evidence

record and synthesize information

Term
Name at least 4 sources for existing evidence
Definition

online journals

databases

abstracting and indexing services

inhouse databases

search engines

web sites

federated search technologies and the "deep web"

open archives initiative

Term

To evaluate the effects of certain design innovations on hospital noise levels, the results froma quasi-experimental study with a control group are more credible than _____study.

Definition
a correlational
Term
Variables not under the control of the experimenter, and which make it difficult to isolate cause and effect because they vary systematically from the independent variable, are called_______ variables
Definition
confounding
Term
What is the most efficient way to keep track of evidence you have found in the research literature?
Definition
develop a searchable, electronic database based on standard library catalog rules, including standard cataloging access points.
Term
What are two of the most common databases?
Definition
hierarchical and relational
Term

Name 3 of the 5 components that can be used to evaluate the relevance of literature.

Definition
  • date
  • source
  • scope of work
  • location
  • internet address
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