Low-Fidelity Clinical Decision Making Tree
A decision tree to help speech-language pathologists (SLPs) decide the assessments to use and characteristics to look at when working with patients with right-hemisphere dysfunction following a stroke.
Understanding the Needs
The problem
The clinical decision guide will synthesize research recommendations to guide SLPs through selecting materials and assessing patients appropriately.
The Users
SLPs across diverse care levels (acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, day rehabilitation programs and outpatient).
The Project
Met with key stakeholders, practice leaders and SLPs to understand the gaps in knowledge and pain points during the assessment process.
Created an intuitive flow chart for users to identify key information to complete assessments of patients.
Synthesizing and Wireframing
Synthesized research to match deficit areas with prescribed assessmentsDesign Elements
Arrows to guide the user through the chart
Use of color to group similar information: general information (yellow), high assessment track information (high) and low assessment track information (green).
Use of proximity and spacing to guide the users eyes
Deliverables and Next Steps
Deliverables
Research synthetization chart
Decision-tree for clinicians to reference
Presentation in a 2 hour continuing education course with case study applications
Next Steps
I envision this project becoming an living application or as part of a website. Rather than being a decision tree, the application would lead clinicians through the process where scores can be input and items can be selected for the system to guide the user to an appropriate diagnosis.