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PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORTUCERA 651 Ilalo Street, MEB 224N Honolulu, HI 96813
SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S)U.S. Army Medical Research Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5012
SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S)12. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Approved for public release; distribution unlimited 13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES N/A 14. ABSTRACT Technology-Enabled Learning and Intervention Systems (TELIS) describes a development model and associated tools for advanced educational products and applications. As an extension of this roadmap, SimCenter Hawaii has developed a research design model that addresses specific challenges (e.g., improved user interfaces, the development of telecollaboration tools) directed toward improving the development of effective TELIS educational applications that can benefit the military's training programs. The following 3 medical simulation projects are herein proposed under the SimCenter Hawaii's TELIS model: 1) Implementing a combination of usability engineering methods, an evaluation model that combines two iterations of heuristic usability evaluations and one iteration of user testing, will achieve measurable software design improvements in development of the VR nephron; 2) Didactic training plus VR Triage training will result in improved triage skills acquisition over didactic training alone; and 3) the Virtual Reality Motor-Skills Simulator will result in equal or better results than a box trainer in developing fine-motor surgical skills, as assessed by performance of a virtual procedure on the LapSim simulator.
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IntroductionCurrently, technology has evolved to potentially transform learning systems, however; to achieve effective learning tools, great effort must be taken to develop, test and disseminate the technology.(3) A systematic, reproducible approach to research and development must be implemented so that results produce usable, validated, learning systems. SimC...