title: Assessment of a cooperative workstation.
abstract: Groupware and new Information Technologies have now made it possible for people in different places to work together in synchronous cooperation. Very often, designers of this new type of software are not provided with a model of the common workspace, which is prejudicial to software development and its acceptance by potential users. The authors take the example of a task of medical co-diagnosis, using a multi-media communication workstation. Synchronous cooperative work is made possible by using local ETHERNET or public ISDN Networks. A detailed ergonomic task analysis studies the cognitive functioning of the physicians involved, compares their behaviour in the normal and the mediatized situations, and leads to an interpretation of the likely causes for success or failure of CSCW tools.
authors.affiliation: CERIM, Faculté de Médecine, Université Droit et Santé, Lille, France.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Beuscart
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Molenda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Souf
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foucher
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Beuscart-Zephir
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009684:Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019114:Remote Consultation; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014584:User-Computer Interface