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