Evidence-Based Design: Pros and Cons

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Dr. Anjali Joseph recently wrote a helpful post on the Center for Health Design's Blog. She explores some of the current controversies around Evidence-based Design (EBD). Since many experts feel that EBD should be applied to the use of Art in Healthcare, I thought it would be useful to try to summarize the ideas:

Con: EBD is old hat
Pro: EBD formalizes that old hat

Con: EBD is cook-book design
Pro: EBD is only one part of the process

Con: EBD is the mindless application of research
Pro: EBD looks to see if existing research applies to your project

Con: High-quality research does not exist to answer most design questions
Pro: It is true that EBD is in it’s infancy, but that does not mean it is wrong

Con: It is hard to find what research has been done
Pro: Use a Resource librarian

To read Dr. Joseph's post click here