Interior Design Careers: Healthcare Design
by Wendy Croixwendy.croix@interiordesignschoolreview.com
Interior Design School Review Columnist
Merge your job in interior design with your sensitivity to the physical welfare of your clients, and you'll have a winning combination. The much-discussed "graying of America" pens up the market for interior designers who specialize in healthcare design.
Healthcare design can be one of the most rewarding specializations for an interior designer, both professionally and personally. Designing to promote the health and well-being of patients, families and medical practitioners turns a job in interior design into a calling.
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The Scope of Healthcare Design
Interior design for healthcare environments can focus on large scale projects like hospitals, hospices, or assisted living facilities - or small scale projects like medical offices or surgical suites. Regardless a project's size, the goals of healthcare design are always the same:- To create environments that promote patient health
- To allow accessibility while ensuring privacy
- To design spaces in which healthcare delivery can be efficient and effective
- To construct a safe and sturdy facility for patients and staff
The Center for Health Design
The Center for Health Design offers an overview of the profession, including articles for interior designers offering suggestions for creating healthy environments. The Center's resources clarify the issues in healthcare design, from mundane cost effectiveness to the healing effects of physical setting. Request the Center's e-newsletter to see whether your job in interior design should include this important specialization.Sample the Specialty at a Symposium on Healthcare Design
If you'd like to get a taste of the healthcare design field, attend the Symposium on Healthcare Design, an annual event that attracts interior designers, architects and members of the healthcare professions. The 2005 event will take place in September in Atlanta.About the Author
Wendy Croix, Ph.D. is a freelance writer, cultural critic and university professor. In her twenty years as a professional educator, Wendy has guided hundreds of students toward the careers of their dreams.
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