Designing for impact: identifying stakeholder-driven interventions to support recovery after major cancer surgery.

Purpose: Complex bladder and colorectal cancer surgeries are associated with significant patient morbidity, yet few resources exist to prepare patients for the high levels of distress and complications they may experience. After ethnographic research to identify design challenges, we held a user-centered design (UCD) workshop to begin to develop patient- and caregiver-centered interventions to support preparation for and recovery after complex cancer surgery.

Methods: Concepts that emerged from brainstorming sessions were visually represented on storyboards and rated.