Abstract
Overweight and obesity is a global health problem and the related challenges are complex and difficult to address. Healthcare professionals working across different settings have opportunities to engage in weight-related discussions, but often there are perceived barriers to communication. Training in this area provides healthcare professionals with little opportunity for skills-based communication practice because the training is mostly limited to the medical impacts of overweight and obesity. A virtual reality (VR) training tool could offer the opportunity to learn and practice sensitive communication skills in a safe and practical way. This paper describes the research methodology that will be used to develop and test the feasibility of a VR training tool to improve weight-related communication with patients who are overweight and obese in healthcare settings.
The study design will use a mixed method approach over 4 phases; (1) Systematic literature review (2) Design and development of the VR training tool (3) Usability testing and (4) A Feasibility study of the VR training tool. A Twitter chat will be used to gather feedback from the public and semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals will inform the design of the VR tool. The anticipated outcome of this PhD is the development and feasibility testing of a VR training tool to improve weight-related communication with patients who are overweight and obese in healthcare settings.
The study design will use a mixed method approach over 4 phases; (1) Systematic literature review (2) Design and development of the VR training tool (3) Usability testing and (4) A Feasibility study of the VR training tool. A Twitter chat will be used to gather feedback from the public and semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals will inform the design of the VR tool. The anticipated outcome of this PhD is the development and feasibility testing of a VR training tool to improve weight-related communication with patients who are overweight and obese in healthcare settings.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ECCE 2019 Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics |
| Subtitle of host publication | Designing for Cognition |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Pages | 19-22 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450371667 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-7166-7 |
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| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 10 Sept 2019 |
| Event | 31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: Design for Cognition - Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Sept 2019 → 13 Sept 2019 https://www.ulster.ac.uk/conference/european-conference-on-cognitive-ergonomics |
Publication series
| Name | ECCE 2019 - Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics: ''Design for Cognition'' |
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Conference
| Conference | 31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics |
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| Abbreviated title | ECCE 2019 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Belfast |
| Period | 10/09/19 → 13/09/19 |
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Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 Association for Computing Machinery.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Obesity
- Virtual Reality
- ELearning
- Weight management
- Obesity management
- Virtual reality
- Connected health
- Digital learning
- Healthcare professionals
- Health communication
