Research Article
A Ubiquitous Context-Aware Environment for Surgical Training
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4451029, author={ Patricia Ord\^{o}\`{o}ez and Palanivel Kodeswaran and Vlad Korolev and Wenjia Li and Onkar Walavalkar and Ben Elgamil and Anupam Joshi and Tim Finin and Yelena Yesha and Ivan George}, title={A Ubiquitous Context-Aware Environment for Surgical Training}, proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Mobile and Ubiquitous Context Aware Systems and Applications}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={MUBICA}, year={2008}, month={2}, keywords={context awareness surgical training ubiquitous computing}, doi={10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4451029} }- Patricia Ordóñez
Palanivel Kodeswaran
Vlad Korolev
Wenjia Li
Onkar Walavalkar
Ben Elgamil
Anupam Joshi
Tim Finin
Yelena Yesha
Ivan George
Year: 2008
A Ubiquitous Context-Aware Environment for Surgical Training
MUBICA
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4451029
Abstract
The age of technology has changed the way that surgeons are being trained. Traditional methodologies for training can include lecturing, shadowing, apprenticing, and developing skills within live clinical situations. Computerized tools which simulate surgical procedures and/or experiences can allow for "virtual" experiences to enhance the traditional training procedures that can dramatically improve upon the older methods. However, such systems do not to adapt to the training context. We describe a ubiquitous computing system that tracks low-level events in the surgical training room (e.g. student locations, lessons completed, learning tasks assigned, and performance metrics) and from these derive the training context. This can be used to create an adaptive training system
