Experts views on the use of mobile devices to support patients with mild learning disabilities during clinical consultations

Ryan Colin Gibson; Matt-Mouley Bouamrane; Mark Dunlop

Experts views on the use of mobile devices to support patients with mild learning disabilities during clinical consultations

Ryan Colin Gibson, Matt-Mouley Bouamrane, Mark Dunlop

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Abstract

Due to several factors including time and budget constraints, General Practitioners (GPs) are often under-trained on the communication needs of patients with learning disabilities (LDs). As such, they may find it difficult to extract accurate information from these patients. Digital technologies have the potential to alleviate communication barriers, yet their use in this context remains vastly unexplored. Hence, we conducted 2 focus groups with 12 experts in LDs to investigate how tablet applications may be used to promote the information exchange process between GPs and patients with mild LDs. The experts identified an initial set of design criteria for the future implementation of these technologies and were enthusiastic about the potential impact they may have on primary care. In addition, they also discussed a potential model for extracting medical information from this population, which focused on breaking the overall consultation down into smaller, less cognitively challenging segments.

Original language	English
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 25 Aug 2019
Event	The 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics Health and wellbeing e-networks for all - Lyon, France Duration: 25 Aug 2019 → 30 Aug 2019 https://medinfo-lyon.org/en/about-us/medinfo2019/

Conference

Conference	The 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics Health and wellbeing e-networks for all
Country/Territory	France
City	Lyon
Period	25/08/19 → 30/08/19
Internet address	https://medinfo-lyon.org/en/about-us/medinfo2019/

Keywords

mobile applications
intellectual disabilities
primary care

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Experts views on the use of mobile devices to support patients with mild learning disabilities during clinical consultations. / Gibson, Ryan Colin; Bouamrane, Matt-Mouley; Dunlop, Mark.
2019. Paper presented at The 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
Health and wellbeing e-networks for all, Lyon, France.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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Experts views on the use of mobile devices to support patients with mild learning disabilities during clinical consultations

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Conference

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Multimodal Digital Communication Aids to Support Adults with Mild Learning Disabilities during Medical Consultations - PhD

Identifying Appropriate Research Methods to Embed within a Design Workshop Involving Adults with Mild Learning Disabilities.

Lessons from expert focus groups on how to better support adults with mild intellectual disabilities to engage in co-design

Designing clinical AAC tablet applications with adults who have mild intellectual disabilities

Ontology-driven, adaptive, medical questionnaires for patients with mild learning disabilities

The 17th World Congress on Medical and Health InformaticsHealth and wellbeing e-networks for all

Cite this

Experts views on the use of mobile devices to support patients with mild learning disabilities during clinical consultations

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Projects

Multimodal Digital Communication Aids to Support Adults with Mild Learning Disabilities during Medical Consultations - PhD

Datasets

Identifying Appropriate Research Methods to Embed within a Design Workshop Involving Adults with Mild Learning Disabilities.

Research output

Lessons from expert focus groups on how to better support adults with mild intellectual disabilities to engage in co-design

Designing clinical AAC tablet applications with adults who have mild intellectual disabilities

Ontology-driven, adaptive, medical questionnaires for patients with mild learning disabilities

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The 17th World Congress on Medical and Health InformaticsHealth and wellbeing e-networks for all

Cite this