ECG Educational Software for Health Professionals

心电图是医生安排的最常见的心脏检查。过去，只有在心电实验室工作的人才能对患者进行12导联心电检查。然而，今天，这项任务已委托给各种健康专业人员，包括注册护士、执业护士，甚至一些健康护理机构的护理助理。需要满足这些从业者需求的教育计划，同时最大限度地减少资源消耗。该项目提出了SIMECG的设计、开发和评估，这是一个基于模拟的多媒体系统，用于培训医疗保健专业人员如何使用和排除心电图机故障。第一阶段将实施基础模拟、关于潜在ECG的生理过程的介绍性部分、用于培训用户执行心电的单个模拟病例患者以及并行评估模块。设计和开发将通过三个阶段进行评估：(1)主题-事项-专家审查，包括心脏病专家的质量保证；(2)终端用户焦点小组对产品的三个阶段--初始设计、阿尔法原型和贝塔原型--的审查。原型还将在(3)100个随机分配的目标用户的受控现场试验中进行评估。建议的商业应用：目标商业应用包括向大学、医院和其他健康专业培训机构销售该产品。该产品也可以直接销售给从业者进行继续教育。鉴于医疗培训行业的快速增长，以及心电使用扩大到心电实验室以外的成员，这样的培训系统的市场相当大。基础模拟将导致模拟其他医疗器械进行培训，从而打开进一步的市场。最后，将与心电制造商联系，以获得机器专用支持包的第三阶段合作伙伴关系。

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.