Vol 8, No 2 (2023)

When considering designs, we need to take into account the entire experience ecosystem and how its elements align and intersect. By approaching design through a systems perspective, we can create better solutions that better fit the needs of system stakeholders.

While individual practitioners cannot reduce the burdens of working in an increasingly bureaucratic healthcare system, they can improve the patient experience. How physicians meet, greet and seat patients can have a tremendous impact.

Graduating medical students are anxious about prescribing medication. This study tested a learning tool designed to assess students' confidence in prescribing. The results suggest more emphasis on prescribing and pharmacology teaching in the clinical years of the medical curriculum is needed.

This study assessed whether personal fear of death may influence health professionals’ attitudes to caring for dying patients. The results suggest higher levels of anxiety about the death and dying of others were associated with discomfort starting discussions about end-of-life care, and that the belief that providing all treatment options should be prioritised over patient discomfort.

TikTok has become an immensely popular platform globally where users share information, ideas, and personal guidance on many topics, including health-related information. This rapid review analyses the quality of health-related content on TikTok.

Speech therapy is among the branches less explored by design. This article illustrates role of design in speech therapy research to improve in-presence speech training for praxis care.

Many wheelchair users feel unsafe performing toilet transfers, especially in public spaces, because existing transfer products do not meet users’ needs. Researchers created a weight-bearing prototype (the Grip 'N Go) and refined the design based on data from user surveys used to validate their concept.

This is an infographic for diagnosing myasthenia graves.