Midmark Corp., a medical solutions provider focused on the design of the clinical environment to improve the delivery of care, has worked with The American Institute of Architects to offer continuing education training that provides clinical design information architects and designers need to enhance their capabilities and understanding of the ambulatory healthcare space.
The course, “Rethinking the Exam Room: Exam Room Design Insights from a Clinical Perspective,” is a course delivered by Midmark clinical design consultation experts that offers 1.0 Health Safety and Welfare Learning Unit for a one-hour presentation. It provides healthcare architects and designers who are AIA members a high-level overview of how proper exam room design can improve clinical workflow efficiency at the point of care. Attendees also learn how Midmark can partner with and assist architects and designers.
After completing the course, architects and designers should be able to:
- Identify and describe the needs of at-risk patient demographics who receive care in exam rooms.
- Identify safety risks associated with patient falls and caregiver injuries in the exam room and prioritize them based on severity.
- Analyze the efficiency of patient and provider movement patterns and the workflow process during examinations.
- Identify and anticipate ergonomic and infection control challenges that patients and providers experience in the exam room.
- Prepare, plan and propose exam room designs that not only meet space requirements but also create a safe, dignified and efficient healing environment for both patients and caregivers.
Interested architects and designers can register on the AIA site to take the course, or visit midmark.com for more information.
