Outputs (18)

Virtual reality reusable e-resources for clinical skills training: a mixed-methods evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
Pears, M., Antoniou, P. E., Schiza, E., Ntakakis, G., Henderson, J., Frangoudes, F., Nikolaidou, M. M., Gkougkoudi, E., Pattichis, C. S., Bamidis, P. D., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2024). Virtual reality reusable e-resources for clinical skills training: a mixed-methods evaluation. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 28, 643-654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-024-01805-9

Virtual reality has long existed, but its wider adoption in education is recent. Studies informed by theoretical underpinned co-creation frameworks and utilization of theoretical informed evaluations are scarce in literature. Thus, this study interna... Read More about Virtual reality reusable e-resources for clinical skills training: a mixed-methods evaluation.

Progressive Healthcare Pedagogy: An Application Merging ChatGPT and AI-Video Technologies for Gamified and Cost-Effective Scenario-Based Learning (2024)
Book Chapter
Pears, M., Poussa, C., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2024). Progressive Healthcare Pedagogy: An Application Merging ChatGPT and AI-Video Technologies for Gamified and Cost-Effective Scenario-Based Learning. In M. E. Auer, & T. Tsiatsos (Eds.), Smart Mobile Communication & Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the 15th IMCL Conference. Volume 2 (106-113). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56075-0_10

Healthcare education faces numerous challenges in meeting the expanding needs of students while providing personalized learning experiences. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs), have emerged as promisi... Read More about Progressive Healthcare Pedagogy: An Application Merging ChatGPT and AI-Video Technologies for Gamified and Cost-Effective Scenario-Based Learning.

HEALINT4ALL Digital Interactive Platform for European and National Placements Audit for Medicine and Allied Health Professions Following a User-Centered Design (2024)
Book Chapter
Konstantinidis, S. T., Poultourtzidis, I., Papamalis, F., Spachos, D., Savvidis, T., Athanasopoulos, N., Nikolaidou, M., Tilley, Z., Ko, S., Henderson, J., Cunningham, S., Pam, H., Höijer-Brear, V., Törne, M., Lillo-Crespo, M., Catala Rodriguez, M. P., Stefanowicz-Kocol, A., Jankowicz-Szymanska, A., Grochowska, A., Kołpa, M., …Bamidis, P. D. (2024). HEALINT4ALL Digital Interactive Platform for European and National Placements Audit for Medicine and Allied Health Professions Following a User-Centered Design. In M. E. Auer, & T. Tsiatsos (Eds.), Smart Mobile Communication & Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the 15th IMCL Conference. Volume 1 (208-215). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54327-2_21

To ensure optimal clinical learning environments for students in the medical and allied health professions, it is essential to establish robust quality processes. Within the HEALINT4ALL ERASMUS + project an evidence-based protocol to assess the quali... Read More about HEALINT4ALL Digital Interactive Platform for European and National Placements Audit for Medicine and Allied Health Professions Following a User-Centered Design.

Towards improving the quality of internships in medicine and allied health professions (2023)
Journal Article
Jankowicz-Szymańska, A., Kołpa, M., Stefanowicz-Kocoł, A., Konstantinidis, S. T., Ko, S., Henderson, J., Cunningham, S., Hodge, P., Tilley, Z., Höijer-Brear, V., Törne, M., Lillo-Crespo, M., Policnik, J., Poultourtzidis, I., & Papamalis, F. (2023). Towards improving the quality of internships in medicine and allied health professions. Health Promotion and Physical Activity, 24(3), 40-49. https://doi.org/10.55225/hppa.553

Introduction: One of the important elements influencing the well-being of society is a highly educated, professional staff of the entire therapeutic team. Physiotherapists play a significant role in this team, which is why the higher education system... Read More about Towards improving the quality of internships in medicine and allied health professions.

CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Konstantinidis, S., Tilley, Z., Ko, S., Henderson, J., Cunningham, S., Hodge, P., Stefanowicz-Kocol, A., Jankowicz-Szymanska, A., Grochowska, A., Kołpa, M., Lillo-Crespo, M., Galindo, J. R., Catala Rodriguez, M. P., Höijer-Brear, V., Törne, M., Feliciano, S., Camilleri, A., Poultourtzidis, I., Papamalis, F., Spachos, D., …Hall, C. (2023, July). CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS. Presented at 15th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma, Spain

To provide medical and allied health professionals students with the best clinical learning environments, quality processes must be in place, and these require innovation to assure audit material resources that are fit for purpose, can work well with... Read More about CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS.

Feasibility and Acceptance of Virtual Reality Reusable e- Resources Embedded in Healthcare Curricula (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pears, M., Henderson, J., Antoniou, P. E., Ntakakis, G., Nikolaidou, M., Bamidis, P. D., Schiza, E., Pattichis, C. S., Frangoudes, F., Gkougkoudi, E., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2022, October). Feasibility and Acceptance of Virtual Reality Reusable e- Resources Embedded in Healthcare Curricula. Presented at 2022 International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET), Limassol, Cyprus

The use of Virtual Reality in healthcare education is still uncommon. Measuring the feasibility of such resources into formal training is critical for quality, satisfaction, and ultimately improved efficacy over other methods. The Co-creation of Virt... Read More about Feasibility and Acceptance of Virtual Reality Reusable e- Resources Embedded in Healthcare Curricula.

Development of a Bespoke Chatbot Design Tool to Facilitate a Crowd-based Co-creation Process (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Henderson, J., Pears, M., Bamidis, P. D., Tsoupouroglou, I., Schiza, E., Pattichis, C. S., Stathakarou, N., Karlgren, K., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2022, October). Development of a Bespoke Chatbot Design Tool to Facilitate a Crowd-based Co-creation Process. Presented at 2022 International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET), Limassol, Cyprus

Developing an effective educational chatbot is a challenging and time-consuming process. One of the main challenges in a co-creation process, is ensuring multiple stakeholders, as professionals in a variety of roles such as academics, learners, resea... Read More about Development of a Bespoke Chatbot Design Tool to Facilitate a Crowd-based Co-creation Process.

Done in 60 minutes! Best practices, crowdsourcing, co-creation, and design principals of educational chatbots (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Henderson, J., Pears, M., & Konstantinidis, S. (2022, September). Done in 60 minutes! Best practices, crowdsourcing, co-creation, and design principals of educational chatbots. Presented at ALT Annual Conference 2022, Manchester, UK

Unlike banking, hospitality, and travel, the education sector is lacking in prolific and effective uses of chatbots for learning. Expert- and research- driven recommendations, online tools, and workshops for contemporary approaches are slim. This wor... Read More about Done in 60 minutes! Best practices, crowdsourcing, co-creation, and design principals of educational chatbots.

The journey from co-creation to impact for digital resources in healthcare (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pears, M., Henderson, J., Wharrad, H., & KONSTANTINIDIS, S. (2022, September). The journey from co-creation to impact for digital resources in healthcare. Presented at ALT Annual Conference 2022, Manchester, UK

Co-creating digital resources in healthcare has many processes, pitfalls, and parameters. The development and transition from co-creation to impact requires effective knowledge exchange. This discussion panel will provide opportunity for attendees to... Read More about The journey from co-creation to impact for digital resources in healthcare.

Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, M., Wharrad, H., & Konstantinidis, S. (2021, September). Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework. Presented at 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), Dresden, Germany

With their ability to captivate learners and simulate real world scenarios it is little wonder that healthcare education is experiencing rapid growth in the use of Immersive technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Extend... Read More about Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework.