Paper Info
Title
Analysis of informational and technological requirements for the respiratory therapy workshops in Peru
Abstract
This paper examines the informational and technological needs of the respiratory therapy (RT) workshops run by the Canadian respiratory therapists (RTs) and RT students at various healthcare centers in developing countries. Every year in the summer, a team of volunteers from Thompson Rivers University travels to various locations in Peru and China and offers 1-3 days theoretical lectures and practical workshops on the use of technology in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with cardiopulmonary disorders. The primary goals of the workshops are to transfer theoretical and technological knowledge, to teach practical skills, and to exchange the practices of providing cost-effective health care to patients in major centers as well as in rural areas. Our study focuses on the requirements for informational and technological support in the delivery of the workshops in Peru. This field study addresses contextual factors which play a major role in the efficient and effective use of knowledge and technology for the educational advancement of local healthcare providers, and, consequently, for improvement in of the health status of the patients. This study is based on a qualitative approach to the problem and uses ethnographic in-field observations, interviews, and analysis of visual materials. The paper also describes the settings and overall educational context of the workshops, and examines communicational and technical challenges in volunteer-based medical education and training in diversified settings. The study investigates the use of low-cost and low-resource methods for the at-location and learner-centered medical education and training. Furthermore, the paper discusses the possible utilization of a computerized knowledge repository to support the educational processes and the communication process involving multiple languages.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/GHTC.2014.6970355
Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
biomedical education,health care,lung,patient care,patient diagnosis,patient treatment,cardiopulmonary disorders,ethnographic in-field observations,healthcare centers,informational and technological requirements,patient care,patient diagnosis,patient treatment,respiratory therapy workshops,time 1 day to 3 day,visual material analysis,volunteer-based medical education,volunteer-based medical training,Peru,contextual factors,medical education,medical training,respiratory therapy
Conference
2377-6919
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.39
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mila Kwiatkowska1124.05
Matthews, L.210.39