EDAC Study Guide 3: Integrating Evidence-Based Design Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+

EDAC Study Guide 3: Integrating
Evidence-Based Design Exam Questions
and Answers Graded A+

What two processes does EBD incorporate that typical healthcare design does not?

- Correct answer-1) using available relevant evidence to educate the EBD team and

inform design

2) creating new evidence linking design interventions and outcomes to share and

enhance the body of EBD knowledge

The project team should be assembled _________ in the project. The team should

also be _____________ including administrators, professionals/users,

architects/consultants/planners, researchers, etc. - Correct answer-early,

interdisciplinary

The interdisciplinary team should be assembled early. The linear timing of

involvement of team members should ______(a)______ followed; team members

______(b)_____ all be involved at the same early stage in the process. - Correct

answer-a) not be

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,b) should

Executive leadership is essential. The board of directors, CEO, CFO, CIO, and

hospital and medical administrators make _____(a)______ decisions and can most

strongly influence ______(b)______ change. - Correct answer-a) financial

b) cultural and institutional

_____________________ provide expertise specific to the areas of interest and

understanding of current trends and technologies. - Correct answer-Specialists and

consultants

________________ provide an understanding of first-hand experience receiving

healthcare. - Correct answer-Patients, families and community patient advocates

_______________ are specifically trained in the EBD process and should be

involved early - Correct answer-EBD researchers

It is important to clearly identify the following expectations to the each member of

the project team; ____(a)______, _______(b)_______ and ______(c)______. -

Correct answer-a) length of participation\nb) decision-making authority\nc)

responsibilities and deliverables

Expectations of the team members by the administrators should be clear. The team

members should also state their expectations of the administrators. This will help


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, maintain open __________ and _____________. - Correct answer-communication,

collaboration

Ch1Q1: The interdisciplinary EBD team should include community leaders

because:\n\na) otherwise the community might derail the project\nb) community

leaders can help market the project\nc) the team can gain insights into previous

medical experiences, consumer expectations, and community needs - Correct

answer-c) the team can gain insights into previous medical experiences, consumer

expectations, and community needs

Ch1Q2: Staff and frontline managers can contribute what to the EBD project

team?\n\na) patient's point of view\nb) ideas derived from hands-on experience\nc)

staff should not be included; their narrow perspective might derail the project -

Correct answer-b) ideas derived from hands-on experience

Ch1Q3: _____________ as part of a collaborative approach to project planning

and design requires the development of an organizational structure and decision-

making protocol.\n\na) communication strategies\nb) bottom-up decision-

making\nc) managing diverse perspectives - Correct answer-c) managing diverse

perspectives

Ch1Q4: Concurrently addressing multiple perspectives during all phases of the

project the team can establish alignment between the ______, _________, and

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