Process flowchart
Fri, Feb 19, 2027 · Week 5 · Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations)
Today's goal: Create a process flowchart that maps patient movement through your prototyped ER, applying human-factors principles.
This is a model of the work you should turn in today. Use it to check your own: match the structure and the level of detail, do not copy it. Your data and wording should be your own.
My flow maps a patient from arrival to discharge, with the time each step takes:
- Arrival and check-in: 4 min
- Triage: 6 min
- Wait for room: 38 min
- Exam by provider: 12 min
- Tests and results: 25 min
- Discharge: 5 min
Bottleneck call: 'Wait for room' is the bottleneck because it is the longest step and it is a queue (patients pile up there), not actual care. My redesign idea is a fast-track area for low-acuity patients so they do not wait for a full room.
This model shows the level of evidence and organization needed to complete: Completes the ER prototype process-flow step: a mapped patient pathway and an identified bottleneck to redesign.
- State the question and method.
- Present the observations and data with units.
- Explain the result, limitations, and next investigation.
Keep the structure. Replace the question, facts, measurements, and evidence. Then recheck units, vocabulary, and whether the conclusion goes beyond the evidence.
Also due today: Submit the flowchart image and your one-sentence bottleneck claim on Schoology.
Turn in: Patient-flow process flowchart using standard symbols, annotated with one human-factors principle, and verified against the February 18, 2027 floor plan.
Go to Schoology to turn this in.
Submit one PDF. Schoology attaches your name to your upload; on the page itself, write your period and code. Name the file: FirstName LastName - Assignment Title - YYYY-MM-DD.pdf.
Open Schoology PDF upload helpIf you cannot get in, see Mr. Mendoza. Do not skip the work.
Claim ceiling: This task checks a classroom process drawing against its actual prototype floor plan. It does not prove that a real ER is safe, that errors are reduced, or that clinical outcomes improve. Trained staff decide urgency and clinical routes. The supplied model cannot replace your missing floor plan.
One exam-style question that uses exactly what you practiced today. Try it before you reveal the answer, then read why each choice is right or wrong.
| Step | Time |
|---|---|
| Check-in | 4 min |
| Triage | 6 min |
| Wait for room | 38 min |
| Exam | 12 min |
| Tests and results | 25 min |
| Discharge | 5 min |
Tap an answer to see the full explanation. Nothing is recorded or graded.
It builds this reusable test skill: Reading a process flow and identifying the bottleneck.
- Name the concept or data pattern being tested.
- Cross out choices that violate that rule or the evidence.
- Justify the best remaining choice before checking the answer.