title: Ensuring the usability of a knee arthroscopy simulator.
abstract: There is limited research considering the usability of medical virtual environments. Usability evaluation is an essential validation phase that considers the extent to which a product achieves its specific goals, with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction. A four-stage iterative approach is adopted to enhance usability in the development of a knee arthroscopy training system. This process has drawn attention to issues that may impede system usability for example non-conformity to platform conventions, and visibility of the system status. The process highlights features that computer scientists can overlook when working closely with a system but that are essential to user acceptance and effective application.
authors.affiliation: RISCU, Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. L.Moody@warwick.ac.uk
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moody
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waterworth
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Arthur
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zivanovic
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dibble
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000601:surgery*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014584:User-Computer Interface