ECG Educational Software for Health Professionals

心电图是医生安排的最常见的心脏检查。在过去，只有在心电图实验室工作的人才被允许对病人进行12导联心电图。然而，今天，这项任务已被委托给各种卫生专业人员，包括注册护士、有执照的实用护士，甚至在一些卫生保健机构的护理助理。有必要制定教育计划，以满足这些从业者的需求，同时最大限度地减少资源支出。本计画提出设计、开发和评估simECG，这是一个以多媒体模拟为基础的系统，用于培训医疗专业人员使用和排除心电机器的故障。第一阶段将实现基础模拟，介绍心电图基础生理过程，单个模拟病例患者用于训练用户执行心电图，以及并行评估模块。设计和开发将通过三个方面进行评估：(1)主题专家审查，包括心脏病专家的质量保证；(2)最终用户焦点小组在初始设计、alpha原型和beta原型三个阶段对产品进行审查。原型还将在100个随机分配的目标用户的控制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、医院和其他卫生专业培训机构销售产品。该产品也可以直接销售给从业人员继续教育。鉴于医疗保健培训行业的快速增长，以及ECG的使用扩展到ECG实验室以外的成员，这种培训系统的市场相当大。基础模拟将导致模拟用于培训的其他医疗设备的工作，从而打开进一步的市场。最后，将联系ECG制造商进行第三阶段合作，以获得特定于机器的支持包。

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.