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Background
Medical education involves repetition of concepts over years until it becomes second nature, just like a language. In order to have scholars or those practicing in the field brush up on their medical knowledge or even learn new concepts, then a mobile application will have to be developed. Instead of books and tedious readings, this application can utilizes puzzles, games, or quizzes to promote fun and interactive learning.
Executive Summary
A mobile application can be very useful since a lot of people have smart phones and if they want to learn whenever they are free they can just turn on their phone and they are a few taps away. The application can include fun and interactive games that promotes learning. Along with that, a series of puzzles will be useful, so that anyone that is going to be applying their medical knowledge soon can apply their knowledge in a controlled and safe setting. Also of course for those who want the most straightforward way of learning there can be quizzes of medical terms and concepts. After the user takes the quiz we can implement an algorithm based on their score to tell user they should learn more in a particular area. This application can be done in either Android via Android SDKs and the use of Java, iOS via iOS SDKs and C/C#, or both.
Goals
- Creation of games
- Creation of puzzles
- Creation of quizzes
- implement algorithm to track user learns and show where they need improvement.
- Have an intuitive and fun application
Viability Analysis
The most difficult part of developing this application is that we are not experts in the medical field. So we will need a database of medical concepts and facts. Another difficulty is just how to apply medical concepts into a game and puzzle since that will require a lot of thinking and creativity.
Risks and Rewards
A risk is that since this application is created by purely computer science students, we do not really know how deep we want the users to know the concept. Also there is a risk for having incorrect information or having information misinterpreted and of course for a person practicing in the field this possibly can mean major harm to others. However, the reward is this can be a great application that millions of people in the medical field can utilize to learn or brush up in medical concepts during their free time and on the go. Of course this will mean better doctors as well.
Closing
Learning medical concepts can be a chore, with a mobile application learn concepts can be intuitive and fun. Also interactive learning promotes deeper understanding of a concept as well. Millions of people in the medical field can use this and in turn become better in their field.
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