What is the PDC Student Challenge?
Annual event – 48h design charrette [simulated project]
PDC – Plan, Design, Construct [model for building facilities]
Held prior to the PDC Summit conference
Stimulates critical inquiry, creative ideas and multi-disciplinary interaction between students and design professionals
It highlights the brilliance and innovation of our future health care architects, engineers, construction managers and nurses
Students from five different universities and disciplines, do not meet ahead of time and learn of design project prompt at event







Example Blueprints Schematics Blanks
Editable Floor Plans
Window Rooms vs No Window Rooms
Examples of Room Types [Liz will bring hard copy to PDC so you can see them a bit better]
Logistics Information and Schedule
PDC Summit Website
Meeting Recordings
PDC Design Lecture: If Design is a Game … Are there Rules?
PDC Playbook
Presentation Practice
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Yoodli Speech Coach Online
References and Resources
14 Patterns of Biophilic Design
Center for Health Design Knowledge Repository
Flowchart Maker
NIHD e-book Chapter 2: Why Design Matters
NIHD e-book Chapter 4: Translating the Vision into Reality
NIHD e-book Chapter 5: Using Evidence to Guide Design Decisions
NIHD e-book Chapter 6: Leading the Design Process
NIHD e-book Chapter 7: Orchestrating the Details for Success
NIHD e-book Chapter 8: Transition Move and Activation Planning
Rethinking Nurse Staffing Models
Hospital nurse-staffing models and patient- and staff-related outcomes (Review)
Capacity Planning in Systems
Framework for Dignity in the Built Environment
Green building literacy: a framework for advancing green building educatio
An integrative health framework for wellbeing in the built environment
Rural nursing health services research: A strategy to improve rural health outcomes
Methodological Framework and Feasibility Study to Assess Social Equity Impacts of the Built Environment
Conceptualizing the built environment as a social–ecological system
Developing an instrument to measure the adoption of mobile services