DEA 6550

Healthcare Innovations

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

A multidisciplinary class on healing environments that prepares the students for Evidenced-based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC), a formalized foundation for evidence-based design (EBD). The latest innovations in healthcare practice, leading-edge literature, and applicable methods for measuring and reporting the outcomes of healing environments will be discussed.

Outcomes

• Understand the impact of healing environments on personal, social, and organizational outcomes and identify the environmental causes of current operational challenge.
• Recognize the required ethical and professional values to interact with patients, healthcare staff, and other stakeholders, while comprehending the sophistication and sensitivity of healthcare environments.
• Participate in professional meetings with actual clients, successfully using evidence-based thinking to give constructive feedback.

When Offered Spring.

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