Download or read book A Process and Outcomes Evaluation for a Needs Assessment on Children's Medical Devices in a Midwest Hospital written by Sadie R. Larson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evaluation of a needs assessment for children's medical devices was conducted in the spring of 2011. An innovative new research process involving UW-Stout's Industrial Design Students and DesignWise Medical aimed towards developing new pediatric medical devices. The research process was a new process and needed an evaluation on the process and the outcome. The data was used to better the research process for future student projects. An evaluation was conducted simultaneously with the new process. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected for a mixed method approach. The evaluation involved different populations consisting of students and professionals from the medical and industrial design field. Data collection came from numerous surveys and interviews. Overall, there were many suggestions for improvement as well as some validation of the current processes taken in this new research approach. The Process Evaluation showed there were many areas to improve upon such as group size, parent involvement, compliance obstacles and involving professional staff earlier in the process while the Outcomes Evaluation indicated there was not a lot of thought behind their product to make it a successful for mass production.