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WEBINAR | How to Supercharge Evidence-Based Design with Environment-Behavior Theory


When: December 5, 2024
Time: 10:00am Pacific
Price: $65 Individual View/$150 Group View
Registration was open until 12/5/2024 at 2pm, and is now closed.

1 unit EDAC continuing education
1 unit AIA continuing education
IDCEC credit also available**

CEU forms available for download during webinar

CAN'T ATTEND? Register now and receive recording link to view at your convenience within seven days after webinar.

CEUs


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Environment-behavior (EB) theory examines how the physical and social environment influences human behavior, and regarding healthcare, how this relationship affects well-being in the built environment.

When paired with the evidence-based design (EBD) process, EB theory can further enhance a wide range of health and efficiency outcomes benefiting patients, caregivers and healthcare organizations.

In this webinar, Dr. Ding will explain EB theory, the contribution of EB studies to healthcare design, the linkages between EB studies and EBD theory development and research, and how these theories can be applied and integrated into healthcare design practice.

Drawing on the latest research, she will then demonstrate, in a series of revealing case studies – including children's hospitals, long-term care, acute care and outpatient care facilities – how these theories have been effectively applied to healthcare design projects by modifying environmental attributes, such as space configuration, color, lighting, signage, acoustics, and artwork.

Learn the “what”, “why” and “how” of EBD-EB integration… the “when” will be up to you!

 

Learning Objectives

  • Learn about the various environment-behavior (EB) theories in the domain of EB studies and their implications for healthcare design.
  • Understand how environment-behavior studies can contribute to healthcare design through EB theories, models, and frameworks.
  • Gain an understanding of how EB theories are utilized in healthcare design projects, explicitly or implicitly, through healthcare project case studies.
  • Integrate research into healthcare design practice more cohesively through the elaboration of the linkages between EB studies and evidence-based design.

 

Presenting Faculty

Suining Ding, PhD, NCIDQ, Full Professor of Interior Design, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Dr. Suining Ding is a Full Professor of Interior Design at Purdue University Fort Wayne. She is passionate about design for health and well-being in the built environment. As a professor, author, researcher, and designer, Dr. Ding's work focuses on integrating research into design practice in order to foster human health and well-being through evidence-based and research-informed design. 

Dr. Ding holds EDAC and NCIDQ Certificates and has extensive practice experience in architecture and interior design. During her professional practice career, Dr. Ding participated in designing many large-scale medical centers, healthcare facilities and assisted living facilities. Dr. Ding’s expertise and research interests include but are not limited to environment-behavior studies in healthcare design, evidence-based design (EBD), design process and design methodology, and research integration into design practice. 

Dr. Ding has published extensively on her research and scholarship, including several refereed books and numerous journal articles and conference proceedings. Her recent book “Environment-Behavior Studies for Healthcare Design” published by Routledge makes a direct connection between EB research and healthcare design practice. She has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences.

 

Many attendees of The Center for Health Design’s webinars have inquired about IDCEC approval so they can earn ASID, IIDA, and IDS CEU’s. We have looked into this and unfortunately, the cost to upload courses to IDCEC is simply too high at this time. You can still earn credit for attending our webinars by requesting a verification certificate. As of July 9, 2020, The Center for Health Design requires a CEU management fee for verification certificates for all webinars and EBD Journal Clubs. Please contact Natalie Gonzalez, Project Manager, [email protected]. 

For further details about how to self-report CEUs to IDCEC, please CLICK HERE.