In our past several articles, we’ve talked about the inherent similarities and differences between problem-solving for engineers and for physicians. In a nutshell, we found that much of their essential technique is pretty much the same—with a few key differences: If we leave out the technical specifics, what we’re left with is People. Patients with … Continue reading Bridging Design Gaps – Marching Forward Down the Innovation Path
Ah, the Circle of Progress has made yet another revolution! We’ve gone through one full iteration of our Generic Problem-Solving Loop. We’ve looked at things from our Engineer’s perspective as well as from our Physician’s perspective. What did we find? In case you haven’t been following all of the recent articles in this series, please … Continue reading Bridging Design Gaps – Summarizing Our Loop Comparison
You’ve done it! You’ve gone through your process! You’ve identified your problem, you’ve thought up a batch of possible solutions, you’ve chosen one of them and you’ve tested it out. You have a tidy little pile of data sitting in front of you. Now it’s time to make the magic happen: REVIEW When we look … Continue reading Bridging Design Gaps – Comparing Engineering and Physician Approaches to Problem-Solving: REVIEW
Welcome back! Today, we are going to continue our ongoing discussion here at The Lonely Surgeon that has been going on for a few installments now. It’s a big topic, so it takes awhile! To recap, we have been examining how engineers and physicians approach problem-solving to see why disconnects happen so often in the … Continue reading Bridging Design Gaps – Comparing Engineering and Physician Approaches to Problem-Solving: THINK & CHOOSE
So in the past few posts, we’ve laid a little groundwork for our next discussion. Going back to our original question, why do engineers and physicians struggle to collaborate sometimes when developing medical technology? There are many amazing exceptions to this generalization, but I’m sure we can all think of instances where design engineers and … Continue reading Bridging Design Gaps – Identifying Problems and Possible Solutions
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