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Traditional research designs may overlook the lived expertise of clinicians and designers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This article describes a collaborative, cross-disciplinary communities-of-practice model developed as a methodological framework to enable effective environmental evaluation and design processes in healthcare settings. Its application is illustrated through a case study in a palliative care unit.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A co-designed, multi-methods approach was developed by a team of clinicians, facility managers, and academic researchers. The methodology included a scoping review, site-specific environmental data logging (sound, temperature, lighting), and co-created survey tools for staff and patients or proxies. Data were collected over two phases, following ethically approved protocols to protect privacy and support data validity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The communities-of-practice model successfully integrated cross-sector expertise, improved the contextual relevance of study instruments, and enabled real-time, context-sensitive data collection in a high-acuity clinical setting. The method supported context-aware adaptations that would not have emerged from conventional top-down research approaches, effectively bridging academic inquiry and practical clinical application.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The communities-of-practice model offers a replicable, interdisciplinary method for researching complex healthcare environments. 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