Lessons Learned From Developing a MCI Virtual Empowerment Program?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
W. Bradley Fain ◽  
Megan Nare ◽  
Matthew Doiron ◽  
Sarah Farmer ◽  
Jeremy Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Online Application ◽  
Treatment Providers ◽  
Process Testing ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Lifestyle Program ◽  
The Us

In the Spring of 2020, COVID-19 closures and safe distancing orders required healthcare programs across the US to cease in-person treatment. This paper presents a case study of rapidly pivoting a novel, 12-month comprehensive clinical lifestyle program combining education, occupational therapy, cognitive training, and social interaction to an online application-based education program. The focus of the program is empowerment research for people newly diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and their care partners, and is conducted by the Emory Brain Health Center. Georgia Tech developed an education application (named MyCEP) for use with our MCI and care partner population combining off-the-shelf services and customized user interfaces. We used an iterative design and development process, testing our application with our end users and our treatment providers, and made updates based on our discovery of the need for new capabilities and requirements. We present the discovery of emergent practices by family members and healthcare providers to meet the new requirements for successful virtual engagement.

Global Goes GUI: A Case Study of the Introduction of User-Centered Design

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 844-847
Author(s):  
Susan M. Dray
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Development Life Cycle ◽  
Server Systems ◽  
The Us ◽  
Early Phases ◽  
User Centered

Major changes in the design process are required for Information Systems departments to make the shift from a traditional development life cycle to the user-centered methods required for the development of Client/Server systems. This type of change can be very difficult to accomplish. “Global Enterprises,” a large commodities company, headquartered in the US, is in the early phases of this shift. Their strategy has been to form a cross-functional User Interface team. The efforts underway at Global are presented to illustrate many of the typical technical and organizational issues companies face early in the process of introducing new design methods. The paper concludes by summarizing on key lessons learned.

scholarly journals Internet of Things for Smart Spaces: A University Campus Case Study

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 3716
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Gilman ◽  
Satu Tamminen ◽  
Rumana Yasmin ◽  
Eemeli Ristimella ◽  
Ella Peltonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Real World ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Smart Space ◽  
Smart Spaces

Advances in technology and data analysis provide rich opportunities for developing intelligent environments assisting their inhabitants, so-called smart environments or smart spaces. Enhanced with technology, sensors, user interfaces, and various applications, such smart spaces are capable of recognizing users and situations they are in, react accordingly, e.g., by providing certain services or changes to the environment itself. Therefore, smart space solutions are gradually coming to different application domains, each with corresponding specific characteristics. In this article, we discuss our experiences and explore the challenges of a long-term real-world Internet of Things (IoT) deployment at a University campus. We demonstrate the technical implementation and data quality issues. We conduct several studies, from data analysis to interaction with space, utilizing the developed infrastructure, and we also share our actions to open the data for education purposes and discuss their outcomes. With this article, we aim to share our experience and provide real-world lessons learned when building an open, multipurpose, publicly used smart space at a University campus.

Disaster Prevention Achieved

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. McLean ◽  
Donald P. Schwert ◽  
Kathleen M. Macek-Rowland ◽  
Thomas M. DeSutter ◽  
H. Katherine O'Neill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Resilience ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Red River ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Upper Midwest ◽  
The North ◽  
Health Leadership ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Face

Many communities in the US Upper Midwest have been battling record floods in recent decades. This chapter focuses on a spring flood event in 2009, when the Greater Fargo area avoided destruction from the Red River of the North by utilizing mitigation efforts. Included in the undertaking was the mobilization of the community to place millions of sandbags, as well as the creative repurposing of resources. This case study presents a model of community resilience in a geographically vulnerable region. It illustrates the achievement of flood disaster prevention in the face of imminent and severe threat; the reinforcement and enhancement of community resilience based on averting disaster; the channeling of fear-related behaviors into constructive community actions; and the complexity of factors that create unique flood risks along the Red River of the North. Lessons-learned provided for not only a recovery framework, but also a recognition of the value of behavioral health leadership in disaster situations.

scholarly journals Overcoming Ethical Challenges in Conducting Research Among Persons With Dementia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 20-21
Author(s):  
Jeanine Yonashiro Cho ◽  
Elizabeth Avent ◽  
Roberta Peterson ◽  
Laura Mosqueda ◽  
Zachary Gassoumis
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Moderate Dementia ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
The Right

Abstract By 2060, the number of older adults with Alzhemier’s Disease or related dementias (ADRD) is expected to encompass approximately 13.9 million Americans. Recognizing this, the federal government has prioritized research on ADRD and their effect on the physical, emotional, and psychological well-being of persons with dementia (PWD). Such research is complicated by disease-associated decline in cognitive and functional capacity among PWDs which can impair participant ability to process and communicate information, potentially increasing their exposure to negative research-related experiences and compromising the accuracy and reliability of provided data. Nevertheless, as a key stakeholder group, PWD should have the right to participate in research on ADRD. This session will present a case study of ethical issues that emerged in an NIH-funded study utilizing mixed-methods to examine caregiving and care dyad relationships between PWD and their care partners over an 18-month follow-up period. Ethical issues examined will include: (1) PWD capacity to consent to research at baseline and (2) during follow-up visits, (3) Obtaining accurate and reliable data from persons with mild to moderate dementia, (4) Assessing PWD distress while engaging in data collection processes, and (5) Reporting of negative caregiving and life experiences, such as elder mistreatment. The discussion of these topics and presentation of lessons learned holds promise for improving research methodology in studies involving PWD and enabling researchers to increase the involvement of persons with mild to moderate dementia in research on ADRD.

Lessons Learned from Implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Youth and Young Adults in Primary Care Settings

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 08-13
Author(s):  
LaFave LR ◽  
Bradley M ◽  
Murray AR ◽  
Pepin AL ◽  
Sprangers KS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Clinical Workflow ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Youth And Young Adults

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (S·BI·RT) in pediatric practices normalizes conversationsbetween youth and healthcare providers about alcohol and other substance use, and supports guidance about healthybehaviors. S·BI·RT also identifies youth ages 12-22 whose current use of addictive substances places them at risk fordeveloping substance use disorders, prompting provider brief intervention and referral for further assessment ortreatment before a substance use disorder develops. From May 2014 to June 2017, S·BI·RT was implemented as astandard of care in 23 pediatric practices in three cohorts across 10 organizations in New Hampshire —includingacademic medical centers and FQHCs—serving over 74,000 youth. This case study focuses on strategies associatedwith operationalizing S·BI·RT, specifically training and technical assistance related to clinical workflow, for youth andyoung adults.

Faculty Development: A Stage Model Matched to Blended Learning Maturation

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Fetters ◽  
Tova Garcia Duby
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Development ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Curriculum Innovation ◽  
Enhanced Learning

Faculty development programs are critical to the implementation and support of curriculum innovation. In this case study, the authors present lessons learned from ten years of experience in faculty development programs created to support innovation in technology enhanced learning. Stages of curriculum innovation are matched to stages of faculty development, and important lessons for success as well as current challenges are delineated and discussed.

Radical Subject Acceleration for Gifted Students: One School's Response

2019 ◽  
pp. 29-46
Author(s):  
Kaye Chalwell ◽  
Therese Cumming
Keyword(s):  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Gifted Student ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Mathematically Gifted ◽  
Support Students ◽  
Insight Into

Radical subject acceleration, or moving students through a subject area faster than is typical, including skipping grades, is a widely accepted approach to support students who are gifted and talented. This is done in order to match the student’s cognitive level and learning needs. This case study explored radical subject acceleration for gifted students by focusing on one school’s response to the learning needs of a ten year old mathematically gifted student. It provides insight into the challenges, accommodations and approach to radical subject acceleration in an Australian school. It explored the processes and decisions made to ensure that a gifted student’s learning needs were met and identified salient issues for radical subject acceleration. Lessons learned from this case study may be helpful for schools considering radical acceleration.

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