EDAC Evidence Based Design – PAE questions
with verified answers
3 benefits of a Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE)... Ans✓✓✓-
Verification of design to owner's goals
-Opportunity to improve subsequent projects
-Capture future marketplace advantages
4 Levels of Evidence Based Design Ans✓✓✓1. Keep up with literature
and apply to inform design decisions
2. Predict outcomes expected from design (develop hypothesis; commit
to measures)
3. Commit to hypothesis, measures and share findings publicly
4. Increase rigor by publishing results in peer-reviewed venues
5 Primary objectives during construction and occupancy are?
Ans✓✓✓1. Complete the bid, negotiation, and award process
2. Monitor implementation of construction
3. Finalize the research plan
4. Prepare for occupancy
5. Commissioning
7 identifiable organizational healthcare cultures Ans✓✓✓-Cultures of
safety
-Faith-based cultures of caring
,-Patient and family centered
-Physician centered
-Profit minded corporate
-Bureaucratic and hierarchical
-Academic and research
7 trends that are impacting healthcare Ans✓✓✓-Public focus on quality
and patient safety
-Healthcare costs and reimbursement
-Aging population and caregiver shortage
-Health information technology
-Genomics and technology
-Disaster preparedness and ER saturation
-Environmental safety and sustainability
9 Research Process Components are... Ans✓✓✓1. Research question
2. Literature review
3. Hypothesis
4. Research plan
5. Pilot study
6. Data collection
7. Data analysis
8. Report
,9. Future Research
At what point in the process should the team finalize EBD business case
documents and why? Ans✓✓✓-At the end of the CD phase
-Because of potential design changes that my impact construction costs,
on-going maintenance costs, or operational outcomes.
Before and After Study Ans✓✓✓A study that measures outcomes by
comparing data collected before and after.
Business Case - Describe the importance of developing the business case
in the early phases of the EBD process. Ans✓✓✓-Documenting the
business case for design strategies is an important step in obtaining
commitment from executive leadership and B.O.D.
-In addition, to guiding on-going design decisions.
Business Case - Explain the importance of an EBD business case related
to executive commitment, operational improvements, financial
performance, and decision-making criteria. Ans✓✓✓-Establishing,
documenting, and implementing the project vision is essential to the
overall project success
-Vision articulates the intentions, direction, goals + objectives
-Healthcare challenges are identified
-Informs design, improves communication, and enables tracking of the
design process
-Documentation of expected outcomes and ROI over lifecycle of
investment
, Business Case - Understand the relationship between first costs (one-
time capital) to the multi-year costs (on-going operational budgets).
Ans✓✓✓-First time cost: Initial cost of facility, equipment, and fixtures
(e.g. furniture, etc...)
-On-going costs: Operating budgets - people to maintain; investments
necessary for upkeep.
Case Study Ans✓✓✓Involves in-depth investigation of one or several
cases, individuals, units or projects.
Collecting and analyzing results using a professional independant
researcher to conduct Post Occupancy Evaluation (P.O.E.) research
ensure the study is conducted with... Ans✓✓✓Credible research
methodology and eliminates any bias.
Community Benefits from EBD... Ans✓✓✓-Community pride
-Community satisfaction
-Philanthropic involvement
Community leaders are important because... Ans✓✓✓The team can
gain insights about consumer expectations.
Concurrently addressing multiple perspectives and to help the team align
three elements are important... Ans✓✓✓-Project vision
-Design strategies
with verified answers
3 benefits of a Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE)... Ans✓✓✓-
Verification of design to owner's goals
-Opportunity to improve subsequent projects
-Capture future marketplace advantages
4 Levels of Evidence Based Design Ans✓✓✓1. Keep up with literature
and apply to inform design decisions
2. Predict outcomes expected from design (develop hypothesis; commit
to measures)
3. Commit to hypothesis, measures and share findings publicly
4. Increase rigor by publishing results in peer-reviewed venues
5 Primary objectives during construction and occupancy are?
Ans✓✓✓1. Complete the bid, negotiation, and award process
2. Monitor implementation of construction
3. Finalize the research plan
4. Prepare for occupancy
5. Commissioning
7 identifiable organizational healthcare cultures Ans✓✓✓-Cultures of
safety
-Faith-based cultures of caring
,-Patient and family centered
-Physician centered
-Profit minded corporate
-Bureaucratic and hierarchical
-Academic and research
7 trends that are impacting healthcare Ans✓✓✓-Public focus on quality
and patient safety
-Healthcare costs and reimbursement
-Aging population and caregiver shortage
-Health information technology
-Genomics and technology
-Disaster preparedness and ER saturation
-Environmental safety and sustainability
9 Research Process Components are... Ans✓✓✓1. Research question
2. Literature review
3. Hypothesis
4. Research plan
5. Pilot study
6. Data collection
7. Data analysis
8. Report
,9. Future Research
At what point in the process should the team finalize EBD business case
documents and why? Ans✓✓✓-At the end of the CD phase
-Because of potential design changes that my impact construction costs,
on-going maintenance costs, or operational outcomes.
Before and After Study Ans✓✓✓A study that measures outcomes by
comparing data collected before and after.
Business Case - Describe the importance of developing the business case
in the early phases of the EBD process. Ans✓✓✓-Documenting the
business case for design strategies is an important step in obtaining
commitment from executive leadership and B.O.D.
-In addition, to guiding on-going design decisions.
Business Case - Explain the importance of an EBD business case related
to executive commitment, operational improvements, financial
performance, and decision-making criteria. Ans✓✓✓-Establishing,
documenting, and implementing the project vision is essential to the
overall project success
-Vision articulates the intentions, direction, goals + objectives
-Healthcare challenges are identified
-Informs design, improves communication, and enables tracking of the
design process
-Documentation of expected outcomes and ROI over lifecycle of
investment
, Business Case - Understand the relationship between first costs (one-
time capital) to the multi-year costs (on-going operational budgets).
Ans✓✓✓-First time cost: Initial cost of facility, equipment, and fixtures
(e.g. furniture, etc...)
-On-going costs: Operating budgets - people to maintain; investments
necessary for upkeep.
Case Study Ans✓✓✓Involves in-depth investigation of one or several
cases, individuals, units or projects.
Collecting and analyzing results using a professional independant
researcher to conduct Post Occupancy Evaluation (P.O.E.) research
ensure the study is conducted with... Ans✓✓✓Credible research
methodology and eliminates any bias.
Community Benefits from EBD... Ans✓✓✓-Community pride
-Community satisfaction
-Philanthropic involvement
Community leaders are important because... Ans✓✓✓The team can
gain insights about consumer expectations.
Concurrently addressing multiple perspectives and to help the team align
three elements are important... Ans✓✓✓-Project vision
-Design strategies
