Post on 23-Jan-2018
A Smartphone Application Designed to Teach EmergencySkills to ChildrenDr. Joelene Huber, MD FRCPC, PhD, MscDr.Catharine Walsh, MD, Med, PhD, FRCPC
Study Team• Dr. Joelene Huber, Principal investigator, Developmental
Pediatrician• Dr. Catharine Walsh, Co-Principal Investigator, Education
Researcher• Ankit Guglani, Marki Sveen and Nitin Malik, Mobile Application
Developer, Computer Science Student• Thivia Jegathesan, Research Coordinator in Department of
Pediatrics• Sarah Davis, Behavior Therapist• Jean Phan, Research Assistant, Life Science Student• Dr. Niraj Mistry, Co-investigator, Mobile Health Expert• Dr. Elizabeth Young, Co-investigator, Developmental Pediatrician• Dr. Douglas Campbell, Co-investigator, Director of Allan Walters
Simulation Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital• Dr. Joey Bonifacio, Co-investigator, Adolescent Medicine • Dr. Alex Mihalidis, Biomedical Engineer, Toronto Rehabilitation
Institute
Children Saving Lives
Emergency Simulation Teaching
Didactic Emergency Teaching
Didactic Teaching
Emergency Simulation Teaching: 9-1-1 Heroes
Simulations
Assemble An Interdisciplinary Team
9-1-1 Heroes App Development
9-1-1 Heroes App Features
9-1-1 Heroes App Features
Smartphone Application to Teach Emergency Skills to Children
Purpose: The need for smartphone application in teaching children emergency skills
Methods:Baseline Assessment: 9-1-1 Emergency Simulation
•Behaviour skills 9-1-1 task analysis checklist 45 minutes educational Session
•Didactic teaching of Emergency Skills •Simulation Teaching: 9-1-1 Heroes APP
Post Assessment: 9-1-1 Emergency Simulation•Behaviour skills 9-1-1 task analysis checklist
Questionnaires •Demographic •Follow-up
Results
• 70% of intervention group identified emergency (42.9% of kindergarten, 33.3% first, 100% second and third grades
• 54.8 % of the traditional group (20% of Kindergarten, 66.7% first and third grades, 85.7% second grade
Results
Results
Future Directions
• Further App Development • Simulations Teaching vs. Didactic Teaching
Questions?