EMuRgency: Addressing cardiac arrest with socio-technical innovation in a smart learning region

Kalz, Marco; Klerx, Joris; Elsner, Jesko; Parra, Gonzalo; Haberstroh, Max; Duval, Erik; Ternier, Stefan; Schilberg, Daniel; Jeschke, Sabina; Specht, Marcus

doi:10.55612/s-5002-017-006

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“…In contrast to other handover projects, CLAS does not try to teach medical standards in any group settings but provides the target user with a mobile application to help memorize and check the important items of a discharge letter. This approach is in line with the objectives of the EMuRgency project which follows a similar approach using mobile learning opportunities for performance support to develop and sustain procedural knowledge for CPR training (Kalz et al, 2013).…”

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“…However, in addition to simply providing information, mobile applications can also be used for performance support of defined procedures. The EMuRgency project (EMR INT4 1.2.-2011-04/070) is a socio-technological innovation project to increase the rate of firstresponder Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine region (Kalz et al, 2013). In addition to a notification system for first responders, the EMuRgency project provides educational support and training applications to help volunteers and medical staff memorize facts, activities and procedures to follow when conducting CPR (studies have shown that the retention times of CPR training decrease after approximately 6 months).…”

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Use of Mobile Applications for Hospital Discharge Letters

Maher

Drachsler

Kalz

et al. 2013

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning

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Handover of patient care is a time of particular risk and it is important that accurate and relevant information is clearly communicated. The hospital discharge letter is an important part of handover. However, the quality of hospital discharge letters is variable and letters frequently omit important information. The Cork Letter-Writing Assessment Scale (CLAS) checklist is an itemized checklist developed to improve the quality of discharge letters. The CLAS checklist, with an inbuilt scoring system, is available as the CLAS mobile application. Mobile applications offer an exciting opportunity for ‘point of practice’ knowledge acquisition and are widely used by medical students. Content quality is integral to the success of educational mobile applications. In a recent study, the CLAS checklist improved the quality (content, structure and clarity) of discharge letters written by medical students. Though retention of these skills into the work-place and effects on patient safety have yet to be demonstrated, the development of standardized electronic discharge letters allows faster and safer transfer of information between healthcare providers and is a welcome advance. Using Near Field Communication for mobile applications to seamlessly transfer discharge letters between devices is another important feature.

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Use of Mobile Applications for Hospital Discharge Letters

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Drachsler

Kalz

et al. 2013

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning

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In the Eye of the Beholder: Promoting Learner-Centric Design to Develop Mobile Games for Learning

Schmitz

Kalz

Klemke

et al. 2014

Mobile as a Mainstream – Towards Future Challenges in Mobile Learning

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Abstract. Out of the project EMuRgency a game-based learning environment evolved, which trains school children in providing reanimation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The application gets players to act as if they were in a real case of emergency. This paper reports on a formal usability study conducted with two different groups of learners, regular learners and learners with special educational needs (SEN). With the study we compared the two groups of learners with regard to game usability and effectiveness of the intervention. Our intention was to better understand the different needs and requirements to learning materials that game designer need to take into consideration in order to make the learning experience successful for both groups. A total of 89 children played the game simulation. Results showed differences in perception and effectiveness of individual mechanisms for the two groups with regard to usability or switching between tasks and mobile device.

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Lead me gently: Facilitating knowledge gain through attention-aware ambient learning displays

Börner¹,

Kalz²,

Specht³

2014

Computers & Education

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This empirical study reports an intervention to investigate identified research challenges on the evaluation and use of ambient displays in a learning context with the objective to gain insights into the interplay between display design, user attention, and knowledge acquisition. The main research questions were whether an attention-aware display design can capture the user's focus of attention and whether this has an influence on the knowledge gain. A display prototype corresponding to the main ambient display characteristics was designed, applied in a controlled authentic setting, and evaluated accordingly. The prototype presented information and guidelines for first responders in emergency situations, especially in cases of cardiac arrest. The prototype was enhanced with a custom-built sensor to measure user attention and trigger interruptive notifications. The study was conducted among 52 employees working at a university campus. Using an experimental research design, a treatment group exposed to an attentionaware display design was compared to a control group. The results provide evidence that such a display design can attract and retain attention in such a way that the acquisition of knowledge (i.e. the comprehension of the presented information) is effectively facilitated.

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EMuRgency: Addressing cardiac arrest with socio-technical innovation in a smart learning region

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Use of Mobile Applications for Hospital Discharge Letters

Use of Mobile Applications for Hospital Discharge Letters

In the Eye of the Beholder: Promoting Learner-Centric Design to Develop Mobile Games for Learning

Lead me gently: Facilitating knowledge gain through attention-aware ambient learning displays

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