Objective

Today establishes the foundation for all subsequent work — the architectural clarity that makes your later methods and translational planning defensible.

By the end of Day 1, you will:

• Distinguish clearly between problem, gap, and hook.

• Evaluate where your project currently sits within a phased research-to-translation frame using recognized models such as DBR, MRC Complex Intervention logic, and Technology Readiness Levels.

• Produce a structured 1-page positioning document.

• Engage in critical peer dialogue to refine architectural clarity.
  
  

Day 1 is about architecture — not detail, not perfection, structure.

Your 1-page positioning document will form the structural foundation for your Day 4 XR Research-to-Translation Blueprint.

Framing

Many XR projects begin as artifacts.
Research programs begin when those artifacts are deliberately positioned within a structured problem space and development phase.

Today is about making that positioning explicit.

To situate today’s work within a real research trajectory, we begin with an Illustration Block grounded in an actual laboratory innovation.

🔎 Illustration Block: A Live Research-to-Translation Example

Throughout this course, each day begins with a short Illustration Block. These are not case studies in depth, nor are they comprehensive project reports. Instead, they provide a structured glimpse into how one innovation from our lab — a 3D-printed intraosseous (IO) training simulator — evolved from early prototype development into a multi-phase research and knowledge translation program.

The purpose of these illustrations is architectural. Each day revisits the same innovation through a different lens — positioning, method, translation, and blueprint design — so that you can see how research programs are built over time.

The focus is not on the artifact itself, but on how it was framed, studied, aligned ethically, and translated within larger educational and healthcare systems.

These examples are intentionally concise. They are meant to make structure visible, reduce abstraction, and demonstrate how a research-to-translation pathway can be designed deliberately.

As you move through the Illustration Block, notice not just what was done — but how the reasoning evolved.