title: Communicating a clinical problem to the engineers: towards a common methodology.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to present a method for communicating a clinical problem to a group of engineers. The seven-step design process described has been used for this type of communication and audience. A research project focusing on improvement of orthognathic surgery planning, including transfer of information to the operating room, is used as an example. The adoption of the seven-step design process, positioned within the symmetrical problem/solution model, could be the first step in facilitating communication between clinicians and engineers in translational research, and assisting in group focus on the development of a device (system) intended to solve a specific clinical problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saint Luc University Clinics, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. raphael.olszewski@stom.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olszewski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tran Duy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Raucent
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hebda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reychler
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008331:Management Information Systems; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009873:Operating Rooms; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011340:Problem Solving; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D013515:Surgery, Oral