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The Kind Room: What Children Teach Us About Healing-Centered Design
Learn how to use the Kind Room activity to interpret children’s insights and guide healing-centered design in health care spaces.
The Kind Room: What Children Teach Us About Healing-Centered Design
In this microlearning, you’ll explore how to use the Kind Room activity to better understand what children need in health care spaces. By listening intentionally and analyzing color choices, spatial placement and room elements, you’ll gain insight into how environment shapes comfort, courage and calm.
By pairing play with simple design analysis, you’ll learn how to guide healing-centered design decisions that create spaces that feel safe, brave and truly kind.
Your Instructor
Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, MS-CRM, RN
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson is an Assistant Professor at Montana State University’s College of Nursing and a nationally recognized leader in health care design and clinical research. Her work focuses on digital health innovation, clinical system design, and technology-driven safety improvements, supported by funding from NIH, NSF, and industry partners. She serves in multiple national leadership roles advancing health care innovation at the intersection of nursing, research, and technology.
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