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**Watch the Sterile Field! Conducting User Research in the OR**

by Beth Loring & James Rudolph

 Farm's Director of Research and Usability, Beth Loring, and Senior Industrial Designer, James Rudolph, recently presented at the UXPA Boston … Read More

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 June 5, 2013 

](https://www.farmpd.com/farm-blog/watch-the-sterile-field-conducting-user-research-in-the-or)

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**Conducting User Research in the OR - What You Should Know**

by Beth Loring

 Medical device manufacturers are increasingly aware of the need to conduct in-depth user research in the field (design ethnography) as part of … Read More

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 October 5, 2011 

](https://www.farmpd.com/farm-blog/conducting-user-research-in-the-or-what-you-should-know)

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**Selecting Cities for User Research**

by Beth Loring

 Being a Human Factors/Usability professional, I’m often asked how to select cities for user research. Read More

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 August 10, 2010 

](https://www.farmpd.com/farm-blog/selecting-cities-for-user-research)

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**User Research Improves Laparoscopic Instruments (Case Study)**

by Tristan Sedgwick

 A case study was recently published in Ergonomics in Design magazine-a publication affiliated with the Human Factors and Ergonomics … Read More

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 May 12, 2010 

](https://www.farmpd.com/farm-blog/user-research-improves-laparoscopic-instruments-case-study)

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