Exploring operating room staff engagement in the planning and design of the built environment in Australia: Development of a constructivist grounded theory.

Aim: This study aimed to explore Australian health professionals' perceptions and experiences regarding built environment planning for operating rooms.

Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews and a focus group using exploratory qualitative methods, involving 16 participants: anaesthetists, surgeons, nurses, theatre technicians and designers of operating rooms.

Findings: Four core concerns of participants were analysed: Engagement, Respect & Collaboration; Foreseeing & Responding to Safety Concerns; Enhancing Design Planning to Minimise Internal & External Consequences; and Ambiguous Application of Standards in Operating Room Design Planning.

How to code gerunds in constructivist grounded theory research: an example.

Background: Coding for gerunds is useful in developing theory in grounded theory. However, it can be confusing for the novice researcher to recognise these words, which consider actions more abstractly.

Aim: To explain how to identify, analyse and code gerunds, using the example of a constructivist grounded theory study investigating the design of operating rooms.