An Interactive Computer Tutorial to Teach Pain Assessment

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ID4226687
AuthorsCorinne M Mar (0000-0002-3827-0810, Talaria, Incorporated, Seattle, Washington, USA,), Charles Chabal (0000-0002-6979-8183, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division & University of Washington School of Medicine, USA), Ruth A Anderson (0000-0001-6640-644X, Talaria, Incorporated, Seattle, Washington, USA), Amy E Vore (Talaria, Incorporated, Seattle, Washington, USA)
Year2003
Volume8
Issue1
Pages161-173
Publication date2003-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105303008001454
PMID22113908
OpenAlexW2017567901
LanguageEN
References cited16

Under-treated pain is a significant problem. Health care institutions are under increasing pressure from patients and accreditation bodies to improve staff training in pain management. Pain assessment, a necessary pre-cursor to good pain management, is a complex multi-step process requiring sophisticated understanding and superior communication skills. This article describes the development and usability testing of an interactive, Internet-deliverable, multimedia tutorial to teach best practice pain assessment. The software platform allowed non-programmers to create multimedia tutorials and included the capability to simulate role-plays. The tutorial was designed to actively engage and respond to the learner and to include skills practice. Twenty-five nurses took the tutorial and rated it positively on a usability questionnaire in terms of ease-of-use and learning method

Accreditation · Deliverable · Health care · Human–computer interaction · Medical education · Multimedia · Process (computing · Usability · Computer Science · Engineering · Medicine · Pain Management and Opioid Use · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare

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