Operating Room

After years of just barely staying afloat your community hospital has been purchased by the big shiny health system down the road.  Suddenly there are many surgeons who want to use the operating room.

After a tour of the operating room, they know that it needs a renovation in order to meet today's standards and is added to the list for a remodel.

However, to be chosen for the remodel, you and your team are given a challenge. Your team must be the first to escape the operating room.

You will be locked in and given a set of clues, once you have solved all of the clues “correctly” the door will be unlocked, and the grand prize will be yours!!!


Use R.A.I.S.E to help your design team create a new operating room based on the best evidence based design research.

·       Re-think: How do we identify problems or ideas to explore?

·       Appraise: Where can I find reputable information and how do I read it?

·       Inquire: Who do I include when I am searching for and appraising evidence?

·       Study: What are things I need to consider when I am looking to conduct research with or without people as participants?

·       Empower: What are the next steps to help others learn what I have found out?

Place your answers in the Google Form at the bottom to escape the room.