- Professor Alastair
Macdonald’s design in health and care work nominated for Best Research - The winners will be awarded on 11 September 2018 at the House of Commons
Images: the GSA’s work in
the area of AMR including VisionOn recognised
the area of AMR including VisionOn recognised
For the first time in the UK
people and projects that are helping to inform and transform the quality of
life and wellbeing using arts and humanities led research are to be recognised
by a major award. The Humanities Health Medal is a new initiative from the Arts
and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in association with the Wellcome Trust.
people and projects that are helping to inform and transform the quality of
life and wellbeing using arts and humanities led research are to be recognised
by a major award. The Humanities Health Medal is a new initiative from the Arts
and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in association with the Wellcome Trust.
The Glasgow School of Art’s Professor
Alastair Macdonald, a leading expert in design in heath and care, has been
nominated in the Best Research category for ground-breaking work in the areas
of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) and Anti Microbial Resistance (AMR).
Alastair Macdonald, a leading expert in design in heath and care, has been
nominated in the Best Research category for ground-breaking work in the areas
of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) and Anti Microbial Resistance (AMR).
Over the last five years
Macdonald and his team of researchers at the GSA have been working with
academics from other institutions across the UK and with medical professionals using
design and computer technology to help raise awareness of the spread of Healthcare
Associated Infections with health professionals.
Macdonald and his team of researchers at the GSA have been working with
academics from other institutions across the UK and with medical professionals using
design and computer technology to help raise awareness of the spread of Healthcare
Associated Infections with health professionals.
One major project, VisionOn, included the development a tablet-based Infection Prevention Control training
tool which uses visualisation techniques to raise awareness about how pathogens
spread in the hospital environment. 150 NHS staff (cleaners,
nurses and doctors) helped to test the tool, which proved particularly
effective in reinforcing understanding of how HAIs occur and offered staff a
new perspective on pathogens – being able to ‘see’ them contextualised in a
virtual ward setting made them ‘seem more real’.
tool which uses visualisation techniques to raise awareness about how pathogens
spread in the hospital environment. 150 NHS staff (cleaners,
nurses and doctors) helped to test the tool, which proved particularly
effective in reinforcing understanding of how HAIs occur and offered staff a
new perspective on pathogens – being able to ‘see’ them contextualised in a
virtual ward setting made them ‘seem more real’.
Macdonald and experts in 3D visualisation
and Virtual Reality from GSA SimVis are now partnering with the University of
Surrey and Fitzpatrick Referrals, the practice run by supervet, Noel Ftizpatrick,
to develop a tool to help change perceptions of risk and raise awareness of the
conditions that can lead to the spread of microbial infections in the complex
setting of the veterinary practice. This is one of three GSA-led AMR research projects
which together were awarded £600k of Arts and Humanities Research Council funding
last year.
and Virtual Reality from GSA SimVis are now partnering with the University of
Surrey and Fitzpatrick Referrals, the practice run by supervet, Noel Ftizpatrick,
to develop a tool to help change perceptions of risk and raise awareness of the
conditions that can lead to the spread of microbial infections in the complex
setting of the veterinary practice. This is one of three GSA-led AMR research projects
which together were awarded £600k of Arts and Humanities Research Council funding
last year.
“Design has a fundamental role to play in in
health and care,” says
Professor Macdonald. “This Best Research
nomination recognises how a collaborative design-led approach can have a
significant impact on human and animal healthcare practices.”
health and care,” says
Professor Macdonald. “This Best Research
nomination recognises how a collaborative design-led approach can have a
significant impact on human and animal healthcare practices.”
“The nomination also
recognises the input of all the people who have helped in the research from
fellow academics with whom the GSA has worked to the hospital and veterinary
staff who helped us develop and test the tools.”
recognises the input of all the people who have helped in the research from
fellow academics with whom the GSA has worked to the hospital and veterinary
staff who helped us develop and test the tools.”
The winners of five individual categories
and of the overall winner of the Humanities Health Medal will be awarded on 11 September 2018.
and of the overall winner of the Humanities Health Medal will be awarded on 11 September 2018.
For full details of the
shortlists see https://ahrc.ukri.org/newsevents/news/shortlist-announced-for-health-humanities-medal-celebrating-good-health-and-wellbeing-through-arts-and-humanities-research/
shortlists see https://ahrc.ukri.org/newsevents/news/shortlist-announced-for-health-humanities-medal-celebrating-good-health-and-wellbeing-through-arts-and-humanities-research/
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