Development and Usability Testing of an Online Tool for Intraoperative Assessment of Surgical Residents

Jeff T. Flinn; Amie Miller; Michael L. Galloway; Katherine Lin; Keith A. Watson; Minia Hellan; Randy J. Woods; Caroline G. L. Cao

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Development and Usability Testing of an Online Tool for Intraoperative Assessment of Surgical Residents

Jeff T. Flinn, Amie Miller, Michael L. Galloway, Katherine Lin, Keith A. Watson, Minia Hellan, Randy J. Woods, Caroline G. L. Cao

Wright State University

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Formal intraoperative assessments of surgical residents are often completed with pencil-and-paper forms, leading to a low rate of compliance with residency program guidelines. An online tool was developed for the evaluation of residents by attending physicians in the OR. Usability testing was conducted using two groups of users, one expert and the other naïve, using a newly developed variant of rapid iterative testing methodology called DONE-RITE. The tool was developed and refined over a series of rapid iterations where user interface and domain-specific usability issues were addressed by the naïve and expert user groups, respectively. The end result was the quick development of the online tool, which the expert users agreed was convenient to use in the OR and was likely to improve compliance with resident assessment guidelines.

Original language	American English
Journal	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
Volume	57
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213571337
State	Published - Jan 1 2013

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