Title :
CO-ED: a development platform for interactive patient education
Author :
Finkelstein, Joseph ; Nambu, Shigeko ; Khare, Rajesh ; Gupta, Deepti
Author_Institution :
Med. Inf. Syst. Unit, Boston Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
The aim of this project was construction of a universal platform for rapid development of interactive computer-based health education programs. Pocket PC was used to pilot test the platform and to implement two educational curricula: for asthma and anticoagulant therapy. Qualitative analysis of the system acceptance in 46 patients showed that computer-assisted education can be successfully implemented on the basis of a handheld computer.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; medical computing; multimedia computing; notebook computers; patient treatment; teaching; CO-ED interactive patient education development platform; Pocket PC; anticoagulant therapy; asthma therapy; computer-assisted education; educational curricula; handheld computer; interactive computer-based health education programs; Computer science education; Diseases; Educational programs; Handheld computers; Medical information systems; Medical treatment; Personal digital assistants; Software testing; Software tools; Spatial databases;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1509-6
DOI :
10.1109/CIE.2002.1186030
