What is a grand rounds IRL?
“Grand rounds are methodology of medical education and inpatient care, consisting of presenting the medical problems and treatment of a particular patient to an audience consisting of doctors, residents, and medical students. It was first conceived by clinicians as a way for junior colleagues to round on patients. The patient was traditionally present for the round and would answer questions; grand rounds have evolved with most sessions rarely having a patient present and being more like lectures. An actor portrays the patient in some instances. “ - From Wikipedia
…Basically a long powerpoint presentation in a hall full of Doctors where they can learn stuff and have discussions on.
“Grand rounds are methodology of medical education and inpatient care, consisting of presenting the medical problems and treatment of a particular patient to an audience consisting of doctors, residents, and medical students. It was first conceived by clinicians as a way for junior colleagues to round on patients. The patient was traditionally present for the round and would answer questions; grand rounds have evolved with most sessions rarely having a patient present and being more like lectures. An actor portrays the patient in some instances. “ - From Wikipedia
…Basically a long powerpoint presentation in a hall full of Doctors where they can learn stuff and have discussions on.
Main Problem
Main Problem
Our current design for our grand rounds didn’t look that special and visually looked similar to a any normal case. Our BD team wanted us to revamp it to make it more interactive and spark better discussions - while also adding in better functionality that was missing in the old version (ability to share, do quizzes etc)
Our current design for our grand rounds didn’t look that special and visually looked similar to a any normal case. Our BD team wanted us to revamp it to make it more interactive and spark better discussions - while also adding in better functionality that was missing in the old version (ability to share, do quizzes etc)
Old designs blended in with regular cases too much
Old designs blended in with regular cases too much
The original design crafted 3 or so years prior, looked like a generic image case on our platform. Users had a had a hard time distinguishing it from a regular case. This also made it difficult for us to hold sponsored content within a grand rounds, as they would just blend in with every other case.
Users can check-in weekly and the routine could be updated by the vet asyncly (without a live vet call) and can be updated weekly.
This would help our vets give a better sense of how a user is treating their pet and what lifestyle changes can be made to help mitigate certain (and common) issues.
We were hoping that this would also lead to more user engagement, as users would have to check-in every week in order to see if they’re routine is on track
We needed the opening card to be more visible and look different than regular cases.
We needed the opening card to be more visible and look different than regular cases.
One of the first things we did was focus on the opening card that showed up on the feed. We needed it to stand out from everything else and also make sure we communicated that the grand rounds was sponsored content.
One of the first things we did was focus on the opening card that showed up on the feed. We needed it to stand out from everything else and also make sure we communicated that the grand rounds was sponsored content.
Introducing the hub view
Introducing the hub view
The original design was normally a long paragraph with one or two images paginated. it was hard for users to skim through.
Initial user interviews we had on the original design, showed us that some users wanted to quickly browse to the part of the grand rounds where they were the most curious.
To help with this we decided to put users in a hub view before reading the actual content. This let them skim through the chapters of the grand rounds giving them the freedom to skip parts if necessary. The hub view was also where the main discussions on the grand rounds happened - with the author of the content highlighed.
The original design was normally a long paragraph with one or two images paginated. it was hard for users to skim through.
Initial user interviews we had on the original design, showed us that some users wanted to quickly browse to the part of the grand rounds where they were the most curious.
To help with this we decided to put users in a hub view before reading the actual content. This let them skim through the chapters of the grand rounds giving them the freedom to skip parts if necessary. The hub view was also where the main discussions on the grand rounds happened - with the author of the content highlighed.
Hub View allowed for new content types other than just text and images
Hub View allowed for new content types other than just text and images
The hub cards themselves were modular, and we gave the author the ability to choose between a few different content types in order to make the grand rounds more appealing and interactive. Adding more content types was a BD incentive to help sell more grand rounds activites to clients as well.
The hub cards themselves were modular, and we gave the author the ability to choose between a few different content types in order to make the grand rounds more appealing and interactive. Adding more content types was a BD incentive to help sell more grand rounds activites to clients as well.
Detail View Cards to match new content types
Detail View Cards to match new content types
With the new content types added, we also had to update the actual pages that held this information, dubbed the “detail view”. Visually these didn’t change much when compared to the original design - but we did add some new functionality, like sponsored links to our client’s sites, quiz answers and a progress bar to see how far you are in the slides.
With the new content types added, we also had to update the actual pages that held this information, dubbed the “detail view”. Visually these didn’t change much when compared to the original design - but we did add some new functionality, like sponsored links to our client’s sites, quiz answers and a progress bar to see how far you are in the slides.
Web View
Web View
Lastly we came up with a web view that needed to incorporate all features that we had in the mobile app.
Lastly we came up with a web view that needed to incorporate all features that we had in the mobile app.
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