All Outputs (76)

360-Degree Videos in Healthcare: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends and Emerging Topics (2025)
Journal Article
Alammary, M. A., Halliday, L. E., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2025). 360-Degree Videos in Healthcare: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends and Emerging Topics. Virtual Worlds, 4(3), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds4030029

This bibliometric analysis aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the use of 360-degree video in healthcare, identifying key research trends and emerging topics in this field. Data was sourced from the Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, and... Read More about 360-Degree Videos in Healthcare: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends and Emerging Topics.

Barriers and Facilitators to Smoking Cessation Among University Students: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Alanazi, F., Mohamed, W. J. M., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Blake, H. (2025). Barriers and Facilitators to Smoking Cessation Among University Students: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(6), Article 947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22060947

University students are a vulnerable population for smoking initiation and continuation, often facing unique challenges in accessing cessation support. This scoping review aimed to map existing literature on the barriers and facilitators to smoking c... Read More about Barriers and Facilitators to Smoking Cessation Among University Students: A Scoping Review.

Diving into Immersive Education: How Midwifery Students Experience 360-Degree Videos For Breastfeeding Support (2025)
Book Chapter
Alammary, M., Th. Konstantinidis, S., & Halliday, L. (2025). Diving into Immersive Education: How Midwifery Students Experience 360-Degree Videos For Breastfeeding Support. In E. Andrikopoulou, P. Gallos, T. N. Arvanitis, R. Austin, A. Benis, R. Cornet, P. Chatzistergos, A. Dejaco, L. Dusseljee-Peute, A. Mohasseb, P. Natsiavas, H. Nakkas, & P. Scott (Eds.), Intelligent Health Systems – From Technology to Data and Knowledge (1102 - 1103). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI250559

Midwifery students commonly lack confidence in supporting breastfeeding, which leads to greater reliance on mothers’ autonomy. This research explores the acceptability and experiences of using 360-degree Virtual Reality (VR) video to teach midwifery... Read More about Diving into Immersive Education: How Midwifery Students Experience 360-Degree Videos For Breastfeeding Support.

Wearable Technology for People with MS in Saudi Arabia: Preliminary Findings on Adoption and Use Factors (2025)
Book Chapter
Alsulami, S., Th. Konstantinidis, S., & Wharrad, H. (2025). Wearable Technology for People with MS in Saudi Arabia: Preliminary Findings on Adoption and Use Factors. In E. Andrikopoulou, P. Gallos, T. N. Arvanitis, R. Austin, A. Benis, R. Cornet, P. Chatzistergos, A. Dejaco, L. Dusseljee-Peute, A. Mohasseb, P. Natsiavas, H. Nakkas, & P. Scott (Eds.), Intelligent Health Systems – From Technology to Data and Knowledge (1457 - 1458). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI250648

This research explores factors influencing the use of wearable technology by people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) to assist in symptom self-management. Using Q-methodology, 19 PwMS in Saudi Arabia (SA) participated. The PwMS study revealed three per... Read More about Wearable Technology for People with MS in Saudi Arabia: Preliminary Findings on Adoption and Use Factors.

Lessons Learnt Co-creating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Refugees' Health Integration (2025)
Journal Article
Dratsiou, I., Varella, A., Gkrimoura, A., Tsoupouroglou, I., Konstantinidis, S., Stathakarou, N., Karlgren, K., Harjani, M. G., Segura Segura, M., Salcedo, V. T., & Bamidis, P. D. (2025). Lessons Learnt Co-creating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Refugees' Health Integration. International Journal of Changes in Education, https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52024606

Refugee integration into healthcare is a global challenge, with millions facing barriers in accessing healthcare services due to language, cultural differences, and limited health literacy. In response to these challenges, this study explores the exp... Read More about Lessons Learnt Co-creating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Refugees' Health Integration.

The development of a conceptual framework to support global mobility, transnational learning and cultural sensitivity for midwifery students: the TOTEMM project (2025)
Journal Article
Walker, L., Borrelli, S., Konstantinidis, S., Fumagalli, S., Nespoli, A., Kärema, A., Mets-Oja, S., Smit, A.-M., Van Oost, M., & Spiby, H. (2025). The development of a conceptual framework to support global mobility, transnational learning and cultural sensitivity for midwifery students: the TOTEMM project. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, 35(1), 49-54

Background: Globally, midwives play a vital role in providing safe maternity care and reducing health inequalities. The principles of this care need to be embedded into midwifery education to support the development of a workforce that understands gl... Read More about The development of a conceptual framework to support global mobility, transnational learning and cultural sensitivity for midwifery students: the TOTEMM project.

Enhancing creativity and cognitive skills in healthcare curricula: Recommendations from a modified delphi study on virtual reality integration (2025)
Journal Article
Pears, M., Antoniou, P., Schiza, E., Matsangidou, M., Pattichis, C. S., Bamidis, P. D., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2025). Enhancing creativity and cognitive skills in healthcare curricula: Recommendations from a modified delphi study on virtual reality integration. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 57, Article 101810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2025.101810

The incorporation of Virtual Reality (VR) into healthcare education presents significant opportunities to enhance creativity, critical thinking, and overall learning outcomes, yet comprehensive frameworks to guide its implementation remain sparse. To... Read More about Enhancing creativity and cognitive skills in healthcare curricula: Recommendations from a modified delphi study on virtual reality integration.

Non-technical Skills for Urology Trainees: A Double-Blinded Study of ChatGPT4 AI Benchmarking Against Consultant Interaction (2024)
Journal Article
Pears, M., Wadhwa, K., Payne, S. R., Hanchanale, V., Elmamoun, M. H., Jain, S., Konstantinidis, S. T., Rochester, M., Doherty, R., Spearpoint, K., Ng, O., Dick, L., Yule, S., & Biyani, C. S. (2024). Non-technical Skills for Urology Trainees: A Double-Blinded Study of ChatGPT4 AI Benchmarking Against Consultant Interaction. Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41666-024-00180-7

Non-technical skills (NTS) are crucial in healthcare, encompassing cognitive and social skills that support technical ability. Traditional NTS training is evolving with the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) models that can intelligently conve... Read More about Non-technical Skills for Urology Trainees: A Double-Blinded Study of ChatGPT4 AI Benchmarking Against Consultant Interaction.

A scoping review of the drivers and barriers influencing healthcare professionals’ behavioral intentions to comply with electronic health record data privacy policy (2024)
Journal Article
Alhassani, N. D., Windle, R., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2024). A scoping review of the drivers and barriers influencing healthcare professionals’ behavioral intentions to comply with electronic health record data privacy policy. Health Informatics Journal, 30(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/14604582241296398

Objective:

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are now an integral part of health systems in middle and high-income countries despite recognized deficits in the digital competencies of Healthcare Professionals (HCPs). Therefore, we undertook a scopi... Read More about A scoping review of the drivers and barriers influencing healthcare professionals’ behavioral intentions to comply with electronic health record data privacy policy.

Identifying the Health Educational Needs of Refugees: Empirical Evidence from a Delphi Study (2024)
Journal Article
Harjani, M. G., Stathakarou, N., Konstantinidis, S. T., Dratsiou, I., Varella, A., Salcedo, V. T., Segura Segura, M., Tsoupouroglou, I., Bamidis, P. D., & Karlgren, K. (2024). Identifying the Health Educational Needs of Refugees: Empirical Evidence from a Delphi Study. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 26, 984-997. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-024-01626-1

Refugees experience poorer health outcomes especially which can be exacerbated by or can be a result of low health literacy of refugee populations. To address poor health outcomes, health literacy, and health usage in refugee populations, it is essen... Read More about Identifying the Health Educational Needs of Refugees: Empirical Evidence from a Delphi Study.

Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt (2024)
Book Chapter
Alsulami, S., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Wharrad, H. (2024). Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt. In Digital Health and Informatics Innovations for Sustainable Health Care Systems (466-470). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/shti240449

This paper presents the generation of a Q-set for two Q studies investigating the perspectives of (1) patients with multiple sclerosis and (2) their healthcare professionals on the use of wearable technology. It describes the adopted Q methodology an... Read More about Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt.

Using participatory design to create an immersive 360-degree interactive video for breastfeeding education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alammary, M., Halliday, L., & Konstantinidis, S. (2024, July). Using participatory design to create an immersive 360-degree interactive video for breastfeeding education. Presented at 16th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma, Spain

Background:
There is a lack of evidence-based information around support for mothers during breastfeeding, which makes developing effective knowledge and skills in midwives difficult. Immersive simulations provide an opportunity to increase skills i... Read More about Using participatory design to create an immersive 360-degree interactive video for breastfeeding education.

The impact of aligning artificial intelligence large language models with bloom's taxonomy in healthcare education (2024)
Book Chapter
Pears, M., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2024). The impact of aligning artificial intelligence large language models with bloom's taxonomy in healthcare education. In J. A. Delello, & R. R. McWhorter (Eds.), Disruptive Technologies in Education and Workforce Development (166-192). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-3003-6.ch008

The innovation of large language models (LLMs) has widened possibilities for renovating healthcare education through AI-powered learning resources, such as chatbots. This chapter explores the assimilation of LLMs with Bloom's taxonomy, demonstrating... Read More about The impact of aligning artificial intelligence large language models with bloom's taxonomy in healthcare education.

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.

TransfOrming Transnational intErcultural sensitivity for Midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model: A mixed-method evaluation of the TOTEMM project (2024)
Journal Article
Borrelli, S., Konstantinidis, S., Fumagalli, S., Kärema, A., Mets-Oja, S., Nespoli, A., Sands, G., Smit, A.-M., van Oost, M. A., Walker, L., & Spiby, H. (2024). TransfOrming Transnational intErcultural sensitivity for Midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model: A mixed-method evaluation of the TOTEMM project. Nurse Education Today, 138, Article 106186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106186

Background: Contemporary midwifery curricula require that student midwives have insight and understanding of global health practice and intercultural sensitivity. The current mobility model excludes large numbers of students from engaging in transnat... Read More about TransfOrming Transnational intErcultural sensitivity for Midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model: A mixed-method evaluation of the TOTEMM project.

Evolution of Primary Research Studies in Digital Interventions for Mental Well-Being Promotion from 2004 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Web of Science (2024)
Journal Article
Armaou, M., Pears, M., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Blake, H. (2024). Evolution of Primary Research Studies in Digital Interventions for Mental Well-Being Promotion from 2004 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Web of Science. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(3), Article 375. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030375

Research into digital interventions for mental well-being promotion has grown in recent years, fuelled by the need to improve mental health prevention strategies and respond to challenges arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This bibliom... Read More about Evolution of Primary Research Studies in Digital Interventions for Mental Well-Being Promotion from 2004 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Web of Science.

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.

Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Valero-Ramon, Z., Segura, M., Karlgren, K., Stathakarou, N., Harjani, M., Dratsiou, I., Varella, A., Bamidis, P., Konstantinidis, S., & Traver, V. (2024, March). Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems. Presented at INTED 2024 - 18th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia (Spain)

Access to healthcare services is one of the main obstacles to migrants' and refugees' integration and inclusion in the host countries. They face challenges accessing healthcare services when arriving in European Union (EU) countries. The Refugee Heal... Read More about Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems.

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.

Use of wearables among Multiple Sclerosis patients and healthcare Professionals: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Alsulami, S., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Wharrad, H. (2024). Use of wearables among Multiple Sclerosis patients and healthcare Professionals: A scoping review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 184, Article 105376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105376

Introduction
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an increasingly prevalent chronic, autoimmune, and inflammatory central nervous system illness, whose common symptoms undermine the quality of life of patients and their families. Recent technical breakthrough... Read More about Use of wearables among Multiple Sclerosis patients and healthcare Professionals: A scoping review.