SA101 – DrawnOut! Mental Health Sketch Workshop

Mental health is a modern dilemma that continues to impact the entire world—and the COVID-19 pandemic caused further economic, physical, and mental problems. How can you use collective knowledge and expertise to address this critical issue? A sustainable solution will only come through collaboration with top industry health professionals throughout your design process. Join this important session to listen in as top professionals discuss possible solutions.

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify anomalies that could lead to design issues for the end user.
  2. Analyze design assumptions in practice and improve visitor and patient experiences by qualifying outcomes that serve the expectations of both the end user and owner.
  3. Apply innovative and learned best practices from peer-to-peer collaboration and collective efforts from the sketching workshop.
  4. Synthesize diverse mental health considerations into a spatial application that balances safety, recovery, and a therapeutic environment to facilitate healing for diverse patient comorbidities.