Summary
The Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing at Clemson University will be hosting a two-day intensive workshop, exploring how different aspects of surgery center design impact patient safety, efficiency, and the patient experience. The workshop will provide actionable tools and approaches to support project teams in the design of safer, more ergonomic ambulatory surgical environments, and represents the culmination of a four-year multi-disciplinary research effort on different aspects of ambulatory surgery center design. This unique two-day workshop is for architects, designers, clinicians, health system representatives, and engineers who specialize in OR design, and/or who are currently in the process of designing and building surgery centers. The goal of this workshop is to provide industry leaders with an in-depth knowledge of surgical center design, and support others in applying a human-centered approach into their current or future OR projects.
Day one will be open to all participants. Over the course of the day participants will hear six hours of in-depth information from industry experts on: trends in outpatient surgery and future insights, case study exemplars of existing outpatient surgical environments, findings from a 4-year patient safety learning lab focused on OR design, and evidence-based design strategies for OR and surgical suite design. The first day will culminate with a preview of a newly released Safe OR Design Tool, which is intended to support architects, designers, clinicians, and other stakeholders better understand safety requirements in the OR and the evidence-based design strategies associated with designing a safer OR environment. The information provided on day one will sequentially build upon the previous topics, and it is expected that attendees will participate in the full day to receive the designated learning units. Over the course of the day, attendees will receive information through multiple engagement elements such as presentations followed by question and answer sessions, interactive panel discussions, polling questions, and opportunities for group discussion around instructor-posed questions.
Learning objectives:
- Explore how trends in technology, advances in surgical procedures, and organizational initiatives may impact safety and care quality in future ambulatory surgical environments.
- Learn about the iterative design process that was utilized to develop a high-fidelity OR prototype focused on improving safety, efficiency, and the patient experience.
- Understand how to integrate findings from in-depth research studies into your next ambulatory surgery center design project to support the design of a safer more ergonomic surgical environment.
- Discover a new evidence-based design tool that can be leveraged by architects, designers, clinicians, and other stakeholders in designing surgical environments that can support improved outcomes for patients and staff related to safety, efficiency, and care quality in the OR.
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