Harrison Fairbanks

Harrison

Harrison Fairbanks

hhf@uwm.edu

Bio

Harry is best known for being a Graphic Designer. He works well in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and InDesign. He’s taken internships with Ink to the People, Student Affairs IT Services (UWM), and Islands of Brilliance. Also partial inspiration for Islands of Brilliance, son of IOB founders, Mark and Margaret Fairbanks, ongoing student/mentor at Islands of Brilliance since its beginning in 2012.

Also work well in 3D design activities, most notable being 3D modeling and printing, programs including Rhino, Fusion 360, and Creality. Works in Virtual Reality with 3D modeling again along with being a master at level design in Unity. Current education status is a senior at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM). Major Design and Visual Communication. Interests outside of 2D and 3D design include die-hard railfan and model railroader, and drawing and comic maker. Also an environmental activist, believing in cleaner energy sources, clean oceans, and less waste. Major advocate for reliable and affordable healthcare. Political affiliation is Democratic party.

Design Team

Paola Tejero

Mark Fairbanks

Margaret Fairbanks

Coe Douglas

High School

Whitefish Bay High School

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Description

In the medical field all across the county, employees such as doctors, nurses, and other staff have been shown first-hand to not be doing the greatest job at treating their patients with respect. There is a term called “Bedside Manners”, which means a doctor’s approach or attitude toward a patient. In recent visits I have made to various clinics, I have noticed that the doctors are not very good at this practice. A poor attitude can cause a lot more stress on patients that they really don’t need to have, and many people I have talked to have spoken up about this and agreed that it is a very real issue and needs to be addressed. The card game we supply is meant to do that. The gameplay allows people to think about certain situations they could end up at a hospital and think about how they can handle or respond to them. This allows people to be aware of what’s right and wrong without punishing or critically affecting them if they get it wrong. It can take a lot of practice but it allows people to think very critically on how bedside manners can be handled, and allows for them to become better people.

Mission

We are here to give people a wake-up call towards the issue with Bedside Manners in that a lot of healthcare staff don’t display it very well. We are to do this without antagonizing either side of the party, but instead display it in a peaceful manner, as our intent is to bring peace amongst the society of healthcare.

Vision

In addition to our card game set, we would also like to be able to send out a business application where we can give more rights to neurodivergent patients, for while all healthcare patients have their own issues with bedside manners, neurodivergent ones, such as kids with Autism, have it a lot worse, since many healthcare staff fail to understand how to communicate with neurodivergent people.

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