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- Lonka, Kirsti, et al.
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MED NORD - A tool for measuring medical students' well-being and study orientations
- 2008
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Ingår i: Medical teacher. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0142-159X .- 1466-187X. ; 30:1, s. 72-79
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: The relationship between medical students' well-being, motivation, and their conceptions of learning and knowledge has not been previously explored. Aims: This study aimed to validate a research instrument intending to measure medical students' (n = 280) (1) experiences of stress, anxiety and disinterest, (2) motivational (thinking) strategies, (3) conceptions of learning and knowledge (epistemologies), and (4) approaches to learning. Methods: We developed an instrument, MED NORD, which is a composition of scales measuring different theoretical constructs that previously have shown good predictive value, validity and reliability. A principal component analysis with Varimax-rotation was performed in order to see how the scales related to each other. Results: The internal consistency reliability was found to be satisfactory or good for each scale. The results showed five factors: Dysfunctional Orientation, Collaborative Knowledge Building Orientation, Cookbook Orientation, Social Orientation, and Individual Abilities Orientation. These study orientations were related to how medical students perceived their learning environment. Conclusions: The new tool showed consistency and validity and was judged appropriate for future use in measuring medical students' well-being and study orientations.
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- Tholander, J., et al.
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Where all the interaction is sketching in interaction design as an embodied practice
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proc Conf Des Interact Syst Process Pract Methods Tech DIS. - New York, NY, USA : ACM. - 9781605580029 ; , s. 445-454, s. 445-454
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sketching and design sketches are often recognized as key elements of successful interaction design practice and a central skill in interaction design expertise. Interaction design is a relatively young field without well-developed conventions, tools, and formalisms. We analyze the practical work and the conduct of interaction designers in how they express interaction and dynamics through whiteboard drawings. We focus on how talk and action were used to shape the meaning of the drawings. The ways the designers imagined that users would interact with the system and how it would mediate communication between users became topical through a web of drawings, talk, and embodied action. Our analysis forefronts three aspects of interaction design: 1) the role of the design material 2) the role of embodied action in interaction design, and 3) talk and embodied action as central means of doing design. We argue that the qualities of a design material need to be understood in relation to the activity in which it is taken into use and through the kinds of actions that the participants engage in. This implies that design representations do not carry meaning in themselves but are made meaningful through design activity.
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- Wijk, Linda, et al.
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A pilot for a computer-based simulation system for risk estimation and treatment of mentally disordered offenders
- 2009
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Ingår i: Informatics for Health and Social Care. - : Informa Healthcare. - 1753-8157 .- 1753-8165. ; 34:2, s. 106-115
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Risk/need analysis and treatment of mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) take place in constrained clinical settings, but violence has to be considered in a context where both social and cultural factors are of significance. One way to improve treatment and risk/need analysis of MDOs could be to develop simulation systems where users interact with video-based scenarios. The objective of this study was to develop and pilot test a simulation system to be used as a tool to study MDOs and possibly also to play a part in their rehabilitation. Collaboration between simulation and forensic psychiatry experts and a professional film team was set up. A simulation system called 'Reactions on Display' (RoD) was developed and a pilot study with eight patients and 13 staff members was carried out. Results from the study showed that RoD's interface and design were well received by patients and staff. Participants indicated that they found the video sequences realistic and the system enjoyable to use. The pilot study of RoD was positive, but further research should study possible clinical outcomes of the system. However, we believe that RoD could provide an advance in treatment and risk/need analysis of MDOs.
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