Human Factors in Pervasive Health
“There is often a considerable difference between what we think people need and what people want to use” supported and was used as moto to the 2nd WideHealth Thematic School with a focus on Human Factors in Pervasive Health, Lisbon, 2022.
Based on the lectures and hands-on activities developed during the 2nd WideHealth Thematic School, we created this online course aiming to raise awareness and provide the necessary tools to those interested in developing accessible, patient- and clinician-friendly pervasive technologies. In this course you can find lectures and activities on user-centred design, needfinding, prototyping, validation and clinical evaluation of Persavise and eHealth Technologies.
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 17 Lessons
- 11 Quizzes
- 20h Duration
Module I: Needfinding
- 1.1 On Humans and Technology - how we (fail to) perceive the world around us
- 1.2 Why co-design for health technologies?
- Quiz
- 1.3 Uncovering users’ needs and expectations: qualitative frameworks for the development of user-centered software
- Quiz
- Profiling activity
Module II: Prototyping
- 2.1 Prototyping Interactive Systems for Healthcare
- 2.2 Usability principles and Heuristics evaluation
- Quiz
- 2.3 Opportunities for Technologies to Enhance the Quality of Life of Stroke Survivors and their Families
- Quiz
- 2.4 Prototyping for Accessibility
- Quiz
- Prototyping activity
Module III: From the Lab to the Real World - Evaluation and Explotation
- 3.1 Evaluating technologies for healthcare - an overview
- Quiz
- 3.2 Dealing with data from a clinical study
- Quiz
- 3.3 Practical considerations for the development and validation of technology-mediated clinical interventions using virtual reality
- Quiz
- 3.4 Pitch Canvas: know the tool and start preparing your final pitches
- Quiz
Module IV: Round table discussions
- Gender Equality in ICT
- Research Management and Administration of Training
Module V: Recommeded videos
- "DataPark: Reflections from a Longitudinal Deployment of a Digital Platform for PD Monitoring" with Diogo Branco
- "Democratising Healthcare Technologies: Wearables to cue for drooling in Parkinson’s Disease" with Kyle Montague
- "Digital biomarkers for chronic diseases: Lessons learned" with Walter Maetzler
- “StudyU: A platform for conducting digital N-of-1 trials that link personalized medicine and population health research” with Stefan Konigorski