Using Storytelling to Elicit Design Guidance for Medical Devices

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• Personal Author:
  Arthur JD ; Gausepohl K ; Smith-Jackson T ; Winchester WW III
• Description:
  Medical device designers must understand the complex context of use within a health care environment to ensure product usability. Designers must overcome domain-specific obstacles during usability research, such as patient privacy standards, which prevent designers from observing practitioners in context. In this project, we investigated storytelling as an alternative elicitation method for medical device requirements when direct observations are limited or not possible. While gathering requirements for an infusion pump, we compared the types of information elicited by focus groups, interviews, and storytelling sessions. Several advantages and implications for the use of storytelling in usability research are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communication Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Usability Communication Research Design Design Criteria Health Care Health Care Personnel Human Factors Engineering Infusion Pump Medical Equipment Narrative Qualitative Methods Thematic Analysis

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• ISSN:
  1064-8046
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19-24
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054053
• Citation:
  Ergon Des 2011 Apr; 19(2):19-24
• Email:
  kgausepo@vt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010701
• Source Full Name:
  Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ab2c8eb43ecd6775af06ede0881cbffec5f1700008ad83486223ae8f586763b1bb84a9bf2a20a4e0e2ce06479ecd071eb5109d4846623ba7d2e0e73b8c03be3e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216697/cdc_216697_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 446.48 KB ]