PhD defense by Rasmus Rasmussen
Invitation to PhD defense
Monday May 6, 2013 at 13.00 – 16.00 in room 43-2.29
Rasmus Rasmussen
defends his thesis:
Electronic Whiteboards in Emergency Medicine
Studies of implementation processes and user interface design evaluations
Abstract:
Through as series of studies I have investigated how the user interface design and implementation approaches of an Electronic Whiteboard has affected the clinicians’ perceptions and usage of the system at four Emergency Departments in Region Zealand, one of five healthcare regions in Denmark. The performed studies include one systematic literature review, two controlled experiments, two qualitative usability evaluations and two qualitative field observation and interview studies. In this cover paper, I present and discuss my methodological choices and provide descriptions of the performed studies in the form of extended abstracts. I then discuss and relate the findings of the different studies and discuss these against a range of previously published literature. The overall conclusion of my studies is that the user interface design has not negatively affect the clinicians’ perceptions or usage of the Electronic Whiteboard system but there is room for improvements regarding user efficiency. Secondly, while the applied implementation approaches have proven to be successful, I argue that they can be improved further by utilizing a design in use approach.
Assessment Committee
Keld Bødker, Associate Professor, CBIT, Roskilde University, DK (chairman)
Elizabeth Borycki, Associate Professor, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada
Jakob Bardram, Professor, IT University of Copenhagen, DK
Head of defense
Niels Christian Juul, Associate Professor, CBIT, Roskilde University, DK
Supervisor
Morten Hertzum, Associate Professor, CBIT, Roskilde University, DK
Thesis is available for examination here.
After the defense CBIT will host a reception.