ECG Educational Software for Health Professionals

面向健康专业人员的心电图教育软件

• 批准号: 6403935
• 负责人: Richard Charles Goldsworthy
• 金额: $ 16.03万
• 依托单位: ACADEMIC EDGE, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-02-01 至 2002-10-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6403935
• 关键词: DVD /CD ROM; biomedical equipment; computer assisted instruction; computer graphics /printing; computer program /software; computer simulation; computer system design /evaluation; educational resource design /development; electrical measurement; electrocardiography; electrophysiology; human subject; interactive multimedia; nursing personnel

Electrocardiogram is the most common cardiac examination ordered by physicians. In the past, only persons working in the ECG laboratory were allowed to perform a 12-lead ECG on a patient. Today, however, this task has been delegated to a variety of health professionals, including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and even nursing assistants in some health care facilities. There is a need for educational programs that meet the needs of these practitioners while minimizing resource expenditure. This project proposes the design, development, and evaluation of simECG, a multimedia, simulation-based system to train health care professionals in the use and troubleshooting of ECG machines. Phase I will implement the underlying simulation, an introductory section on the physiological processes underlying ECGs, a single simulated case patient for training the user in performing an ECG, and a parallel assessment module. The design and development will be evaluated through three efforts: (1) a subject-matter-expert review, to include quality assurance by a cardiologist, and (2) an end-user focus group review of the product at three stages--initial design, alpha prototype, and beta prototype. The prototype will also be evaluated in (3) a controlled field trial of 100 randomly assigned target users. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Targeted commercial applications include sale of the product to universities, hospitals, and other health professional training organizations. The product may also be marketed directly to practitioners for continuing education. Given the rapid growth of the health care training industry as well as the expansion of ECG use to members outside the ECG laboratory, the market for such a training system is quite large. The underlying simulation will lead to work in simulating other medical devices for training thereby opening further markets. Finally, ECG manufacturers will be contacted for phase 3 partnerships for machine-specific support packages.

心电图是医生订购的最常见的心脏检查。过去，只有在心电图实验室工作的人才能对患者进行12铅ECG。但是，今天，这项任务已委派给了各种卫生专业人员，包括注册护士，有执照的实践护士，甚至在某些医疗机构中的护理助理。需要教育计划，以满足这些从业者的需求，同时最大程度地减少资源支出。该项目提出了Simecg的设计，开发和评估，Simecg是一种基于模拟的系统，旨在培训医疗保健专业人员的使用和故障排除ECG机器。第一阶段将实施基础模拟，关于心电图基础生理过程的介绍部分，单个模拟病例患者，用于培训用户执行ECG以及平行评估模块。设计和开发将通过三项努力进行评估：（1）主题外科审查，包括心脏病专家的质量保证，以及（2）在三个阶段对产品的最终用户焦点小组审查（Initial Design，Alpha Prototype和Beta Prototype）。该原型还将在（3）100个随机分配目标用户的受控现场试验中进行评估。拟议的商业应用程序：有针对性的商业应用程序包括将产品出售给大学，医院和其他卫生专业培训组织。该产品还可以直接向从业者进行继续教育。鉴于医疗保健培训行业的快速增长以及ECG使用向ECG实验室以外的成员的扩展，这种培训系统的市场非常大。基础模拟将导致模拟其他医疗设备进行培训，从而开放更多市场。最后，将与ECG制造商联系，以建立第三阶段的合作伙伴，以提供机器特定的支持软件包。