The influence of spatial design on team communication in hospital emergency departments
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Project Leader
A/Prof. Lucio Naccarella
Project Details
Aims:
This project aimed to identify spatial design factors that influence informal interprofessional team-based communication within hospital emergency departments
Key Expertise Provided:
- Bridging gap between research and practice: literature review of the influence of spatial design and health workforce practices
- Evidence informed practice: conducting research to building the evidence about what influence spatial design has on staff team communication
- Research Translation: Working with International Design forms and hospitals to utilise evidence into practice
Methodology:
- Literature review
- Photo elicitation
- Qualitative interviews and focus group discussion