Table 4.
Selection of responses to open-ended questions
| Participants Liked the Following | Participants Did Not Like or Thought the Following Could Be Improved |
|---|---|
| WalkThru case | |
| “Bright, very good visuals. Clear smooth integration. Visuals and words coupled well together. Makes a sometimes daunting subject approachable/fun.” (V1 group) | “Font very small!” (V1 group) |
| “Giving you a case, explain the treatment in a stepwise, easy to understand fashion. Also not too much detail.” (V1 group) | “Perhaps a bit 'wordy' in places. Less paragraphs and more bullets/points perhaps.” (V1 group) |
| “Contemporary example. Flows like a story–easier to remember the facts.” (V2 group) | “Suzie's 'blinking eyes' distracted from the text on the last slide.” (V1 group) |
| “Visually pleasing. Simple yet clear message. Useful animations that demonstrate the concept well.” (V2 group) | “Too many different things to look @ at one time → gets distracting–I tended to ignore the graphics and just read the text.” (V2 group) |
| HandsOn case | |
| “Excellent the way it responds and gives feedback. Take home messages are good too!” (V1 group) | “I did not clearly follow the last management steps. Do electrolyte and fluid administration and IV steroid use all impact on the outcome of the case simulation? Are all these maneuvers considered by the computer?” (V1 group) |
| “Being able to play around and see the effect of treatments administered.” (V1 group) | “I think the way to use treatment options needs to be a bit explained before use.” (V1 group) |
| “Animation again was excellent → seeing the consequences immediately of certain therapies was excellent.” (V2 group) | “Lab data hidden (only found it after 5 minutes).” (V1 group) |
| “Real life case and can see what actually will happen if you give certain amount of fluids and sodium.” (V2 group) | “Took me a while to figure out SBP was systolic blood pressure.” (V1 group) |
| “Initially I was not thinking of the actual solution, rather fooling around with slides to see what would happen to brain if I give inappropriate therapy.” (V2 group) | “Should add the appropriate management at the end of the case, as a teaching tool.” (V1 group) |
| “Have to drag slider; doesn't work if click at a certain point.” (V2 group) | |
| “I would have liked a model answer with explanation.” (V2 group) | |
| “When answering doesn't indicate which part of the answer was wrong → a bit frustrating.” (V2 group) | |
Shown are verbatim quotes from participants followed by the version group.