20100924 - Takeshita, Usability evaluation for handheld devices...

Usability evaluation for handheld devices: Presenting clinical evidence at the point of care by Takeshita, Harumi, M.A.Sc., University of Toronto (Canada), 2003 , 204 pages; AAT MQ78226 My Interest: 1) Prototype. 2) Usability testing. 3) Coding system. 4) Handheld device….what is the context? Action: To read the Dissertation in the future. An information query system was developed to provide relevant and timely evidence-based information to clinicians at the point of care to be displayed on handheld devices. As the first iteration in building a usable product, a prototype was built and evaluated with usability testing. A coding scheme was developed to extract and classify key comments made by participants during usability sessions to assess the usability of prototype designs for the delivery of medical information to support clinical decision making. The coding scheme was then applied to the verbal usability test transcripts and quantitative analysis was performed. Recommendations about how the product can be customized to meet the information needs of clinicians from different disciplines, as well as for individuals, were generated. Design modifications and further areas for research were identified for possible implementation in the next cycle of the iterative design process. Comments: Softcopy Dissertation is scanned version; cannot copy & paste; cannot blog about it easily.

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