On April 15th, the Food and Drug Administration will begin accepting applicants through its new Expedited Access Premarket Approval Application for Unmet Medical Needs for Life Threatening or Irreversibly Debilitating Diseases or Conditions (“Expedited Access PMA” or “EAP”). Read more
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/ in usability testing , user-centered design , career , design science , ethnographic research , healthcare , human factors , industrial design , job opportunity , medical product design , news / by Christina SAre you passionate about working collaboratively to make a felt difference in the world? At Design Science we have one mission - fitting products to people. Read more
Hi from Sunny California!
/ in usability testing , design science , human factors , interaction design , news / by Design ScienceDesign Science is so very happy to officially announce the opening of our San Francisco Bay Area office—and we have just retrieved the keys! Read more
Achieving Realism in HF Work—How to Stay out of Fantasy Land
/ in usability testing , human factors , news , presentations , prototyping / by Design ScienceWe attended the HFES Healthcare Symposium in Chicago last month. Among the highlights were hearing keynote speaker Lisa Sanders talk about how the TV show House relates to Human Factors, taking a tour of the GfK facilities, seeing our own Steve Wilcox present on the future of Medical Devices, and presenting our poster on Realism in Product Design. Read more
Seven Mistakes to Avoid During Usability Testing
/ in usability testing , human factors , news / by Design ScienceLet’s cut some red tape. Pharmaceutical companies, in particular, sometimes seem to approach usability testing as if it’s a clinical trial. Read more