Medication Information Leaflet Template

2021 | i3/North Shore Hospital

A collaboration with Michelle Sheng and Sonia Zhang at Good Health Design.

During my internship with Good Health Design, I collaborated with two other interns working with our client, i3 at North Shore Hospital, to make medication information more engaging and accessible for patients through visual communication.

At current, medication information leaflets are text heavy and difficult to digest. With the vast number of different medications out there, my role in this project was to develop an A4 double-sided modular leaflet template that medical staff can use that can be applied to a wide range of medications. The goal was to make the template as easy to use and read as possible in order to create a seamless user experience for both medical staff (who are non-designers) and patients.

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Medication Information Leaflet Template

2021 | i3/North Shore Hospital

A collaboration with Michelle Sheng and Sonia Zhang at Good Health Design.

During my internship with Good Health Design, I collaborated with two other interns working with our client, i3 at North Shore Hospital, to make medication information more engaging and accessible for patients through visual communication.

At current, medication information leaflets are text heavy and difficult to digest. With the vast number of different medications out there, my role in this project was to develop an A4 double-sided modular leaflet template that medical staff can use that can be applied to a wide range of medications. The goal was to make the template as easy to use and read as possible in order to create a seamless user experience for both medical staff (who are non-designers) and patients.

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I started out in Adobe Illustrator to test different ideas and design the general layout of the template.

The resulting solution was a modular system where different sections are vertically stacked. These are able to be moved up and down – but not side to side – for just enough flexibility for non-designers to work with varying lengths of information across different medications.

Everything would be done in Microsoft PowerPoint as most people have access to this program as opposed to specialised design software.

There are ten different variations, each with different numbers of spaces for symptoms depending on the medication.

Design decisions: it was important to use a system font that is professional with good readability . Research into academic articles about medication information leaflets showed that using Arial at 12pt would be most effective for people to read comfortably, especially those who are visually impaired. Additionally, navy blue was used as an accent colour for the headings to convey trust. Lastly, all areas marked in red indicate that those areas need to be filled in.

To save space, minimise the complexity of the template, and reduce the amount of text on the page, a key was developed to indicate the recommended actions when experiencing side effects.

Icon bank designed by Michelle and Sonia for the symptoms and side effects sections of the template. View case study.

I created icons for how to take the medication – such as with water, on an empty stomach, in the morning, etc. I also developed icons for instructions on if the patient misses a dose, and any other precautions to be aware of.

Final set of icons.