The Embedded Designer: Making designers an integral part of your healthcare team

An honest look at the cultures of design and healthcare, where they overlap and where there's room to grow. Presented at Healthcare Experience Design in Boston March 2013.

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1. THE EMBEDDED DESIGNER how to make designers an integral part of your team cassie mcdaniel @cassiemc hello@cassiemcdaniel.com healthcare human factors
2. the plan who am i myth of the magical creative a few good examples project collaboration short-term collaboration skill-sharing everything else questions?
3. who am i?
6. team structure
7. team icon by Björn Andersson The Noun Project team structure
8. team icon by Björn Andersson The Noun Project managers designers developers team structure
9. team icon by Björn Andersson The Noun Project designers UI, ux, graphic and industrial designers human factors designers team structure
10. www.cassiemcdaniel.com/blog 18 months 17k words
12. SCHOOL UK TORONTO freelance & writing HEALTHCARE digital agencies vs hospital what am i doing with my life?
13. myth of the magical creative
14. myth of the magical creative "User Experience Unicorn" is a very nice title. we can just update the Job Descriptions to: "create double rainbows wherever you go!" Rob Manson
15. myth of the magical creative a designer requires honest feedback and real criticism and that is not going to happen where colleagues or clients are worried about crushing the spirit of a magical being mike monteiro, design is a job
16. image by helen tseng / dribbble.com/chirp myth of the magical creative
17. information architect user experience designer user interface designer graphic designer communication designer print designer interactive designer web designer front end designer industrial designer human factors designer art / creative director myth of the magical creative
18. hire for the right skill set
19. hire for the right skill set
20. create competitive positions
21. project collaboration
39. short - term collaboration
41. design advisers at the design bar
42. jay vidyarthi
43. derek kinsman behrouz hairiri
44. mark staplehurst
46. pj stephens
47. the most impressive part about this weekend was meeting the designers dr. Allan Steingart, psychiatrist
48. It was really cool to see engineers and healthcare professionals thinking about design and imagining different user experiences jay vidyarthi, ux designer at yu centrik
49. play days
50. Google’s 20 Percent Factor has cultivated some of Google’s most innovative products. www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/ 2013/03/18/study-reveals-the-workforce-is- not-innovative-enough/
55. skill-sharing
59. what do we need?
60. HEROES
62. community
64. meet-ups chats hackathons open-doors support social media
65. space
66. to experiment
67. to be different
68. to fail
69. teachers
71. writing
72. respect
73. myth of the magical creative when it comes to scientific research specialist knowledge is undoubtedly the most important factor but the involvement of designers can help to identify constructive applications ALICE RAWSTHORN, New York Times
75. edu & training 12-14 years edu & training 4 years
76. edu & training 12-14 years edu & training 4 years experience 8-10 years
77. respect teachers community HEROES
81. resources your next steps http://folyo.me/guides/how_to_pick_a_great_designer hiring a great designer mike monteiro / a book apart design is a job vimeo.com/34081566 ben chestnut - permission to be creative www.creativegroup.com/SalaryCenter the creative group: paylandia
82. thank you! @cassiemc www.cassiemcdaniel.com @healthcarehf humanfactors.ca