title: Educational Requirements for Mobile Applications in Nursing: Applying the User-Task-Context Matrix to Identify User Classes and Contexts of Use.
abstract: Mobile applications are increasingly being deployed in healthcare and nurses are expected to use them during their education, practice and during training of patients. In this paper we describe how an approach to modelling user needs known as the user-task-context matrix has been applied to help guide in developing requirements for new mobile applications as well as for selecting applications to be used in different aspects of nursing and patient education. The approach involves first brainstorming the different classes of users of an application and then specifying possible tasks the application can be used for. In addition, different contexts of use of the application are then specified. Application of the method is described for improving understanding of user needs in both design and procurement of healthcare apps related to nursing education.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Borycki
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: Andre W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kushniruk
authors.affiliation: eHealth Services Group, University of Tasmania, Australia.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aalto University, Finland.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaipio
authors.affiliation: School of Midwifery and Nursing, University of Tasmania, Australia.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cummings
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications; D020380:Needs Assessment; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D013664:Teaching Materials