What’s the most usable cup? What is the most communicative object?
At first glance, these are the most banal questions. But when an answer needs to be given, neither the questions nor the answers are trivial.
Yifat Keinan speaking
And the following questions might seem slightly more relevant for our coordinators for cultural competency in health care systems:
What’s the connection between a charm bracelet and child vaccinations? And why do older Haredi women come to physical therapy sessions with baby carriages?
Different characteristics of cups and glasses, which can be quite important to the end user
On Thursday, November 22 Iifat Keinan-Guy, industrial designer and lecturer in the Inclusive Industrial Design Department at Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem, spoke to our forum of Jerusalem-based Cultural Competency Coordinators in health care. Ifat’s research focuses on rehabilitative environments in medical centers and treatment and advancing rehabilitation through design.
Difference in design, up close
In her presentation, Ifat opened up a window to the deliberations and brilliant ideas for medical devices, in which end-users are involved in the design. And a perfect example is the Immunity Charm, the answer to the charm bracelet question:
It was a fascinating meeting. And we discovered yet again, the importance of meeting and exchanging ideas and knowledge, for the benefit of patients throughout Jerusalem. The meeting’s 12 participants wasted no time, and took advantage of this opportunity to begin discussing a variety of partnerships and research ideas that would further the issues covered.
Many thanks to the Jerusalem Foundation for its continued support of Cultural Competency over the years.
Here’s our own Michal Schuster’s Facebook post (in Hebrew):
