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Academic Programs – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBStudents may enter the Health & Wellness option in their fourth year of the Master of Architecture (M.Arch. I) program. For students entering KU with a four-year pre-professional degree in architecture, they would apply to the M.Arch. II degree program and complete a two-year course of study in the Health & Wellness curriculum.

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Curriculum – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBARCH 731: Architecture of Health (3 credit hours): An introduction to healthcare facilities and systems which is usually taken in the spring semester. ARCH 807: Health + Wellness Internship (6 credit hours): A seven-month paid internship in a professional firm doing significant design, planning and/or research in environments that contribute to human …

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Kent F Spreckelmeyer – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBKent F Spreckelmeyer, D.Arch., FAIA directs the Health & Wellness Program, coordinates the internship experience, and teaches design studios. His primary focus in higher education has been the study of the relationships between human well …

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Hui Cai – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBHui Cai, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Associate Director at the Institute of Health and Wellness (IHWD), where she teaches the capstone design studio and several core lecture courses and directs research for the IHWD.Before joining the faculty, she taught at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She also served as the Health + Science research …

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Healthcare Websites – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBORGANIZATION Center for Health Design “The Center for Health Design advances best practices and empowers healthcare leaders with quality research that demonstrates the value of design to improve health outcomes, patient experience of care, and provider/staff satisfaction and performance.”

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Research – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBThe projects use evidence-based design research techniques to explore topics such as decentralized nursing stations in inpatient units, critical access hospitals, patient-centered medical home systems, and healthy community design processes.

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Resources – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBInstitute of Health + Wellness Design Kent Spreckelmeyer, D.Arch., FAIA [email protected] 785-864-3164. KU School of Architecture [email protected]

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Presentations – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBZilm, F, (2019) "The Art of Patient Centricity," South by Southwest, Austin, Texas May 12, 2019. Zilm, F., (2018), “Creativity in Healthcare Design,” Frank Zilm

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Publications – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBZilm, F. (anticipated publishing date 2019), The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement: Employing Lean Principles with Current ED Best Practices to Create the “No Wait” Department.

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Frank Zilm – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBFrank Zilm, D.Arch., FAIA, FACHA is the Chester Dean Lecturer in Healthcare Design in the Health & Wellness Program and teaches courses in health facility systems.His experience includes working within hospital administrations, with major architectural firms, and for the past thirty years as a planning consultant.

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Internships – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBThe videos discuss what the internship experience from two points of view. In the first, Health + Wellness program participants Kristen Harrelson and Kate Rennert discuss the ways in which the internship program experience helped prepare them for their careers.

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Healthcare Spaces – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBInstitute of Health + Wellness Design Kent Spreckelmeyer, D.Arch., FAIA [email protected] 785-864-3164. KU School of Architecture [email protected]

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Service Center – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBKU Architecture Professor Chad Kraus is a recognized expert on rammed-earth technologies. What KU proposed to MN was a community center that would provide solid, rammed-earth perimeter walls to protect against projectiles during hurricanes and a flexible but powerful bamboo roof truss system to resist seismic and wind loads.

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Alumni News – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBFrom hospital design conceptualization abilities to international mass-scale venue facilities; while my Health & Wellness path was unconventional to most, the real-world exposure to the field during my 5th Year is what molded a dynamically well-rounded skillset that is rare for architects this early in their career.

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Healthcare Images – Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU

WEBDr. Jeanne Kisacky is interviewed in the following video on the topic of finding hospital images on the internet. Her presentation focuses on these three database sources:

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