As part of the student in research project for the Department of Health and Nursing Sciences here at UiA, I contributed to the design and implementation of a prototype training application for the DUALSAVE-FGS project. The project focuses on developing a cost-effective method to train and prepare health professionals in the diagnosis of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).
The main objective was to develop a prototype of learning-based application to train healthcare personnel to diagnose FGS based on images. In this project I collaborated with another master student on developing the prototype, with Santiago Gil Martinez as the supervisor.
I took on various responsibilities during the project. I contributed to the design and implementing of the prototype application based on the initial idea. My primary responsibility was to create an informative and user-friendly tutorial for the prototype application. To achieve this, I researched tutorial designs and created user stories that provided overview of what the tutorial needs to explain. Additionally, I participated in planning, brainstorming, and feedback meetings, which provided valuable insights for refining the prototype and tutorial.
The final prototype was presented during a workshop to present the idea and receive initial feedback from the stakeholder e.g. healthcare professionals. Furthermore, based on the feedback I worked to create a list of potential requirements that will be used for the further implementation of the application.
This project has received financial support and therefore I will continue to work on this project next semester in which the focus will be to develop a minimum viable product (MVP).
Working on this project was both interesting and educational. I gained insight into the implementation process structure for such applications. Additionally, through this project I have gained relevant experience in terms of working on a project that contributes to real-life challenges.