February 2012
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
8h 23m
English
Content preview from Universal Methods of Design
35 Evidence-based Design
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RESEARCH METHOD • SYNTHESIS / ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE • RESEARCH DELIVERABLE
35 Evidence-based Design
Evidence-based Design is an approach that bases decisions for effective design on the implications of credible research and assessed outcomes, rather than sole reliance on intuition and anecdotal information.1
Evidence-based Design (EBD) stems from Evidence-based Research (EBR), which promotes strong connections between evidence and application, or the applied use of known theories validated by research.2 EBD is most prominent in healthcare, as an initiative to inspire excellence in patient and medical staff experience, including well being, safety, ...