학술논문
Breast self examination training through the use of multimedia: a prototype multimedia application
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Conference
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Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37439) Engineering in medicine and biology society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 2:1295-1298 Vol.2 2003
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1094-687X
Abstract
This paper presents the final version of a prototype multimedia application for training women on performing breast self examination (BSE) in the right way. The application was developed for the purposes of an evaluation study on the effectiveness of three different BSE training media: leaflets, videos and multimedia applications. Since the British National Health Service (NHS) does not offer BSE training at the moment in the form of a multimedia application, a prototype had to be developed and compared against the existing material of leaflets and videos. The paper presents a novel video playback approach, the main differences between the BSE multimedia application and other traditional training approaches already in use by the NHS at the moment, the benefits of using multimedia in biomedical training and education and the final applications structure along with the evaluation criteria for the applications effectiveness and the comparison methodology that will be used to compare its effectiveness against leaflets and videos.