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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, 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., …Konstantinidis, S. T. (in press). Virtual reality reusable e-resources for clinical skills training: a mixed-methods evaluation. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 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., …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., …Traver, V. (2024). Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems. In INTED 2024 Proceedings: 18th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (4273-4280). https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2024.1100

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.

360-Degree Virtual Reality Utilising Head-Mounted Devices in Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Scoping Review (2023)
Journal Article
Alammary, M. A., Halliday, L., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2023). 360-Degree Virtual Reality Utilising Head-Mounted Devices in Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Scoping Review. Virtual Worlds, 2(4), 396–421. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds2040023

Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) is a promising tool for improving the teaching and learning of nursing and midwifery students. However, the preexisting literature does not comprehensively examine scenario development, theoretical underpinnings, durat... Read More about 360-Degree Virtual Reality Utilising Head-Mounted Devices in Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Scoping Review.

A Pilot Study Evaluating a Virtual Reality-Based Nontechnical Skills Training Application for Urology Trainees: Usability, Acceptability, and Impact (2023)
Journal Article
Pears, M., Rochester, M., Wadhwa, K., R Payne, S., Konstantinidis, S., Hanchanale, V., …Doherty, R. (2023). A Pilot Study Evaluating a Virtual Reality-Based Nontechnical Skills Training Application for Urology Trainees: Usability, Acceptability, and Impact. Journal of Surgical Education, 80(12), 1836-1842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2023.08.012

Objective
This study aimed to develop and evaluate a virtual reality (VR)-based nontechnical skills (NTS) training application for urology trainees and assess its effectiveness in improving their skills and confidence.

D... Read More about A Pilot Study Evaluating a Virtual Reality-Based Nontechnical Skills Training Application for Urology Trainees: Usability, Acceptability, and Impact.

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., …Hall, C. (2023). CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS. In EDULEARN23 Proceedings (3189-3195). https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2023.0886

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.

It's Snazzy, but is it Useful? Practitioner's Views on Meaningful Use Cases for Healthcare XR (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Antoniou, P., Reppou, S., Konstantinidis, S. T., Stathakarou, N., Economou, D., Jonathon, R., & Bamidis, P. (2023). It's Snazzy, but is it Useful? Practitioner's Views on Meaningful Use Cases for Healthcare XR. In Practitioner Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2023). https://doi.org/10.56198/itig2ulbj

The global virtual reality (VR) market size, valued at 21.83 billion USD in 2021, is expected to expand with an annual growth rate of 15.0% from 2022 to 2030. Virtual Reality, although massively known for immersive gaming and entert... Read More about It's Snazzy, but is it Useful? Practitioner's Views on Meaningful Use Cases for Healthcare XR.

Evaluation of Virtual Reality via 360° videos Reusable e-Resources Embedded in Healthcare Curricula (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schiza, E., Frangoudes, F., Pattichis, C., Pears, M., Konstantinidis, S., & Gkougkoudi, E. (2023). Evaluation of Virtual Reality via 360° videos Reusable e-Resources Embedded in Healthcare Curricula. In 2023 24th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP) (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/dsp58604.2023.10167929

Recent advancements in Virtual Reality (VR) immersive technologies provide new tools for the development of novel and promising applications for Medical Education courses. This paper presents an evaluation process for teaching the clinical skills cou... Read More about Evaluation of Virtual Reality via 360° videos Reusable e-Resources Embedded in Healthcare Curricula.

Understanding antenatal care use in pastoralist communities: a focused ethnographic study in Kenya (2023)
Journal Article
Barako, T. D., Spiby, H., Evans, C., & Konstantinidis, S. (2023). Understanding antenatal care use in pastoralist communities: a focused ethnographic study in Kenya. African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 17(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.12968/ajmw.2022.0021

Background/Aims
The provision of high-quality antenatal care improves maternal and child health outcomes. Pastoralist communities face unique challenges in accessing healthcare associated with a nomadic, marginalised lifestyle, and have high rates o... Read More about Understanding antenatal care use in pastoralist communities: a focused ethnographic study in Kenya.

Learning analytics of TOTEMM virtual learning resources – transforming transnational intercultural sensitivity for midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PEARS, M., Henderson, J., Smit, A.-M., Van Oost, M., Borrelli, S., Walker, L., …Konstantinidis, S. .. (2023). Learning analytics of TOTEMM virtual learning resources – transforming transnational intercultural sensitivity for midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model. In Proceedings of INTED2023 Conference 6th-8th March 2023 (8021-8030). https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2023

Equality, social inclusion, and participation of non-mobile midwifery students studying in England, Italy, Estonia and the Netherlands was of interest in this project. Five Virtual Learning Packages (VLPs) were created to address needs within materni... Read More about Learning analytics of TOTEMM virtual learning resources – transforming transnational intercultural sensitivity for midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model.