TY - GEN
T1 - Using co-design with nursing students to create educational apps for clinical training
AU - O'Connor, Siobhan
AU - Andrews, T.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Mobile technology is being trialed in nursing education to support students in clinical practice, as it can provide instant access to high quality educational material at the point of care. However, most educational mobile apps are generic, off-the-shelf applications that do not take into consideration the unique needs of nursing students, who can require personalised software solutions. This study adapted a socio-cognitive engineering approach and through a series of focus groups with final year nursing students explored the co-design process and gained their input on the design and functionality of a clinical skills based educational app. Results showed students required an uncluttered interface that was fast to navigate and easy to use in busy clinical environments. They also requested simple visual descriptions of key clinical skills and equipment to enable them to quickly refresh their memory so they could perform the skill in practice.
AB - Mobile technology is being trialed in nursing education to support students in clinical practice, as it can provide instant access to high quality educational material at the point of care. However, most educational mobile apps are generic, off-the-shelf applications that do not take into consideration the unique needs of nursing students, who can require personalised software solutions. This study adapted a socio-cognitive engineering approach and through a series of focus groups with final year nursing students explored the co-design process and gained their input on the design and functionality of a clinical skills based educational app. Results showed students required an uncluttered interface that was fast to navigate and easy to use in busy clinical environments. They also requested simple visual descriptions of key clinical skills and equipment to enable them to quickly refresh their memory so they could perform the skill in practice.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978698913&partnerID=MN8TOARS
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-334
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-334
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 225
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 334
EP - 338
BT - 13th International Conference on Nursing Informatics, NI 2016; Geneva; Switzerland; 25 June 2016 through 29 June 2016; Code 122431
PB - IOS Press
ER -