Throughput, cost and standardization: Does a serious game in healthcare work for teaching parents and clinician neuro assessment in Children with VP Shunt?

1. ALERT Presentation: Throughput,
cost and standardization: Does a serious game
in healthcare work for teaching parents and
clinicians neuro assessment in children with VP
shunt?
Melissa Powell, RN, BSN, MHPE, CHSE
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
INSPIRE @ IMSH 2017 – Orlando, FL, USA
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2. • In the case of neurological assessment, it is important that
learners understand the steps to examination and the symptoms
or complaints that are warning signs. The parents and clinicians
of children with shunt failure should recognize serious signs and
symptoms and choose the correct action when identification of
critical signs and symptoms occur. Indeed, parent and clinicians
should know what is normal and abnormal, how to explain what
they observe and take correct action.
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Background

3. • Population: Parents and clinicians caring for children with
VP shunt
• Intervention: Serious game with simulation – mobile app.
• Control/Comparison: Traditional education
• Outcome(s): Measurable usability, engagement and
effectiveness of learning in parents and clinicians.
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PICO / Research Question

4. • Evaluate the usability and effectiveness of the Serious Game
with a group of approximately xx parents or guardians of
affected children and approximately yy pediatric nurses who
could potentially be required to recognize VPS failure.
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Approach / Design

5. • ALERT Presentation at IMSH (Simulation Conference) in
January 2017
• Submission to JHACH Dept. of Research and Grants for review
February 2017
• IRB Submission February 2017
• Grant Proposal submission NIH STTR/SBIR April 5th 2017
• Award dependent – Game design beginning December 2017
• Recruitment / Data Collection March 2018
• Data Analysis June 2018
• Abstract Presentation September 2018
• Manuscript Preparation December 2018
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Timeline

6. 1. What should our sample size be?
2. Are there components to questions
missing?
3. What should we ask?
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3 questions to improve study

7. At INSPIRE @ IMSH 2017:
Receive feedback about game design. Study questions.
In 2 months:
Finish proposal and submit to IRB
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Goals to accomplish

8. Melissa Powell
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
mpowel41@jhmi.edu
931-993-6959
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