ECG Educational Software for Health Professionals

心电图是医生要求的最常见的心脏检查。过去，只有在心电图实验室工作的人员才能对病人进行12导联心电图检查。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，执业护士，甚至在一些卫生保健设施的护理助理。有必要的教育计划，满足这些从业者的需求，同时尽量减少资源支出。该项目提出了设计，开发和评估的simECG，多媒体，基于模拟的系统，培训医疗保健专业人员在使用和故障排除的心电图机。第一阶段将实施基础模拟、ECG基础生理过程的介绍部分、用于培训用户进行ECG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项工作进行评估：（1）主题专家审查，包括心脏病专家的质量保证，以及（2）最终用户焦点小组在三个阶段对产品进行审查-初始设计，alpha原型和beta原型。原型还将在（3）100名随机分配的目标用户的对照现场试验中进行评估。拟定商业应用：目标商业应用包括将产品销售给大学、医院和其他健康专业培训机构。该产品也可以直接销售给从业人员继续教育。考虑到医疗保健培训行业的快速增长以及ECG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其他医疗设备的培训工作，从而打开更多的市场。最后，将与ECG制造商联系，以获得机器特定支持包的第3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.